A wood stove burns 4 same-sized logs in 2 hours. How many logs does the stove burn in 8 hours?

asked Jan 1, 2016 37.4k views

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by Grug

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There are 16 logs do you need work on this

Jake Hoffner answered Jan 2, 2016

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(4logs/2hours) = (x logs/8 hours)

(4/2) = x/8)

Cross multiplication gets you:

(4)(8) = (2)x
32 = 2x
x = 16

16 logs

Neozaru answered Jan 8, 2016

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