You have two candles of equal height. the first one takes 6 hours to burn out while the second one takes 9 hours to burn out. One night before going to sleep you lit both candles. Upon waking up, you noticed that one of the candles is now half the height of the other. How many minutes were you sleep for?
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Three hours or 4.5 hours
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Step-by-step explanation:
After any given time(t), length of first candle= After any given time(t), length of second
candle=
Time(t) after the first candle measure twice the height of the second candle
= 2*[
1
5t=12
t=2.4 hours = 2 hours and 24 minutes
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