Question

Jovie is maintaining a camp fire. She has kept the fire steadily burning for 10 hours with 15 logs. She wants
to know how many hours (h) she could have kept the fire going with 9 logs. She assumes all logs are the
same.
How many hours can Jovie keep the fire going with 9 logs?

Answer 1

Answer:

6 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve this using proportion:

15logs-10hours

9 logs - x hours

Therefore: x=9*10/15=6 hours

Answer 2

Answer:

6 hours

Step-by-step explanation: