Teresa is maintaining a camp fire. she can keep the fire burning for 4 hours with 6 logs. she wants to know how many logs (y) she needs to keep the fire burning for 18 hours. she assumes all logs are the same.

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Blevins

25 May, 14:42

Teresa is maintaining a camp fire. she can keep the fire burning for 4 hours with 6 logs. she wants to know how many logs (y) she needs to keep the fire burning for 18 hours. she assumes all logs are the same.

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Dixie Richardson · Answer 1

4/6•x/3=18

since the denominator was multiplied by three, the numerator also has to

4/6•3/3=12/18

Teresa needs 12 logs to keep the fire burning for 18 hours.