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A red candle is 115 inches tall. The label claims that the candle will melt 1 1 inch every hour it burns. If the label is correct, for how many hours will the candle burn?

Please help, I might have gotten my division wrong.

Answer choices:

A. 10 2/45 h

B. 10 2/15 h

C. 11.13 h

D. 11 17/40 h

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I think its A I might have got it wrong, But I got A.) 10 2/45 h
User Pavel Gruba
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I also think the answer is A. 
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