Haleigh decides that instead of throwing away old candles, she can use the last bit of wax combined together to make new candles. Each candle has 10% of it's original wax left. How many 5 ounce candles can she make if she has five 20 oz candles, 5 five ounce candles, and twenty-five one ounce candles? Give me reasons, before answering the question
She gets 2 ounces of wax from a 20 ounce candle because 20 x .1 = 2. She gets 10 ounces total from these candles because 5 x 2 = 10. She gets .5 ounces of wax from each five ounce candle because 5 x .1 = .5. She gets 1.5 ounces total from these candles because 5 x .5 = 2.5. She gets .1 ounces from each one ounce candle because 1 x .1 = .1. She gets 2.5 ounces from these candles because 25 x .1 = 2.5. She gets 15 ounces total because 10 + 2.5 + 2.5 = 15. She can make 3 candles because 15 / 5 = 3. So the final answer is 3.