Question

Teresa is maintaining a camp fire. She can

keep the fire burning for 4 hours with 6 logs.
She wants to know 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

Explanation:

she needs 24 logs to keep the fire for 16 hours(4×6). And for next 2 hours she's gonna need 3. altogether it's 27.