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Two candles 1999-11-24
From Skip Simpson:
You have two candles the same length. They are lit at the same time. One burns down in 4 hours; the other in 5 hours. How long does it take before one candle is three times the length of the other candle?
Answered by Walter Whiteley.
 
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