Question

Elton is a candle maker. Each 15 \text{ cm}15 cm15, start text, space, c, m, end text long candle he makes burns evenly for 666 hours. If Elton makes a 45 \text{ cm}45 cm45, start text, space, c, m, end text long candle, how long would it burn?

Answer 1

18

Explanation:

cm 15 -> 14

hours 6 ->?

cm 15 x3->45

hours 6 x3->18

the 45 cm long candle is 3 times as long ,so it would burn for 3 times as long A 45cm long candle would burn for 18 hours