Harper just lit a new candle and then let it burn all the way down to nothing. The length of the candle remaining unburned, in inches, can be modeled by the equation
L=15 - 1.5t, where t represents the number of hours since the candle was lit. What is the slopeiof the equation and what is its interpretation in the context of the problem?

The slope of the function is ___ which reveals (the number of hours the until the candle burned fully, the original length of the new candle, the number of inches of candle that burns per hour, or the total number of candle inches that have burned).
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