SOLUTION: if a candle is 15 cm tall. it burns at 3cm per hour. how many hours will it burn?

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Question 262538: if a candle is 15 cm tall. it burns at 3cm per hour. how many hours will it burn?
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is an RTD problem
rate . . . x . . . . time . . . . . = . . . . . distance
for this problem we have
height . . . . .x . . . . burn rate . . . . . = . . . . . time
15cm . . . . . x . . . . (1hr/3cm) . . . . . = . . . . . .5 hrs
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basically divide to get answer.