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A candle burns at a rate of 3/8 inches per hour. If a candle is 6 inches tall, what will be the remaining height of the candle after 4 hours?
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A candle burns at a rate of 3/8 inches per hour. If a candle is 6 inches tall, what will be the remaining height of the candle after 4 hours?

User Jaffar
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about 4.5 inches will be remaining.
User Ammar Oker
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This can be made into
6-3/8x
Where x is the amount of hours
So if it’s 4 hours we do
6-3/8(4)
3/8*4 is 1.5
So we get
6-1.5
Which is
4.5 inches remaining
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