<em>Lisa lit a candle with a height of 8 inches. When lit, this candle loses 10% of its original height every hour. </em>
<em>Please complete the following sentence by writing the number in the blank.
Until the candle has been burning for at least _______ hours, the height of Jennifer's candle will be more than 7 inches.</em>
3/10 + 1 represents an extra 30%, plus 100%. The 100% accounts for the original power of the spell. The expression can be simplified as 1.3H, or 130% of H. 130% of H can also be represented as 130/100 H.