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padilas [110]
3 years ago
7

Lisa lit a candle with a height of 8 inches. When lit, this candle loses 10% of its original

Mathematics
1 answer:
hichkok12 [17]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

  • 1.25 hours or 1 hour and 15 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

<em>Question</em>

  • <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>

<u>Candle looses 10% of 8 inches, it equals:</u>

  • 8*0.1 = 0.8 inches an hour

<u>Let x be required time, then:</u>

  • 8 - 0.8x > 7
  • 0.8x <  8 - 7
  • 0.8x  < 1
  • x  < 1/0.8
  • x  <  1.25
  • or 1 hour 15 minutes
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