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 10 hours of burning, a candle has a height of 24 centimeters. After 27 hours of burning, its height is 15.5 centimeters. What is the height of the candle after 16 hours? Candle height (in cm) Burning time (in hours) centimeters
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 10 hours of burning, a candle has a height of 24 centimeters. After 27 hours of burning, its height is 15.5 centimeters. What is the height of the candle after 16 hours? Candle height (in cm) Burning time (in hours) centimeters
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![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 10 hours of burning, a candle
has a height of 24 centimeters. After 27 hours of burning, its height is 15.5 centimeters. What is the height of the candle after 16 hours?
Candle
height
(in cm)
Burning time
(in hours)
centimeters](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F3c11e15f-f3a6-45a0-af44-d2df65b93005%2Fb09f0022-2f6e-417c-bdc7-9ad7b05878b4%2Fhlb1rnl_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text: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 10 hours of burning, a candle
has a height of 24 centimeters. After 27 hours of burning, its height is 15.5 centimeters. What is the height of the candle after 16 hours?
Candle
height
(in cm)
Burning time
(in hours)
centimeters
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