1967 AHSME Problems/Problem 27
Problem
Two candles of the same length are made of different materials so that one burns out completely at a uniform rate in hours and the other in hours. At what time P.M. should the candles be lighted so that, at 4 P.M., one stub is twice the length of the other?
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