1956 AHSME Problems/Problem 19
Problem 19
Two candles of the same height are lighted at the same time. The first is consumed in hours and the second in hours. Assuming that each candle burns at a constant rate, in how many hours after being lighted was the first candle twice the height of the second?
Solution
In hours, the height of the first candle is and the height of the second candle is Essentially, we are solving the equation .
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