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 1148980: 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 14.8 centimeters. After 29 hours of burning, its height is 4.6 centimeters. What is the height of the candle after 21 hours?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Points (x,y) for time and height
(12,14.8) and (29,4.6);
What is y when x is 21 ?

----------------substitute 21 for x, and evaluate.

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