SOLUTION: Suppose that the height (in centimeters) of a candle is a linear function of the amount of time (in hours) it has been burning. After 12 hours of burning, a candle has a height of

Question 1139488: Suppose that the height (in centimeters) of a candle is a linear function of the amount of time (in hours) it has been burning. After 12 hours of burning, a candle has a height of 19.6 centimeters. After 25 hours of burning, its height is 17 centimeters. What is the height of the candle after 15 hours?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(12, 19.6) and (25, 17);

------equation you want

Fifteen Hours?
Let x=15, and evaluate y.
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