Question

Teresa is maintaining a camp fire. She can keep the fire

burning for 4 hours with 6 logs. She wants to kn ow how
many logs (y) she needs to keep the fire burning for 18
hours. She assumes all logs are the same.
How many logs does Teresa need to maintain the fire
for 18 hours?

Answer 1

27 logs of wood.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question given above, we were told that:

4 hours of camp fire requires 6 logs of wood.

Thus, we can obtain the number of logs of wood needed to keep the camp fire burning for 18 hours as follow:

4 hours of camp fire requires 6 logs of wood.

Therefore, 18 hours of camp fire will require = (18 × 6)/4 = 27 logs of wood.

Thus, 27 logs of wood is needed to keep the camp fire burning for 18 hours.