SOLUTION: One candle will burn up completely in 4 hours, while a second candle of equal length requires 5 hours to burn up completely. If the candles are lit at the same time, how long will
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Question 408976: One candle will burn up completely in 4 hours, while a second candle of equal length requires 5 hours to burn up completely. If the candles are lit at the same time, how long will they burn before one is exactly three times as long as the other?
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Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3[1 - (x / 4)] = 1 - (x / 5)
3 - (3x / 4) = 1 - (x / 5)
multiplying by 20 (LCD) ___ 60 - 15x = 20 - 4x
40 = 11x ___ 40/11 = x
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One candle will burn up completely in 4 hours, while a second candle of equal
length requires 5 hours to burn up completely.
If the candles are lit at the same time, how long will they burn before one is
exactly three times as long as the other?
:
Assign a value to the length of the candles, 20"
then
= 5 in/hr burn rate of candle 1
and
= 4 in/hr burn rate of candle 2
:
let t = time for candle 2 to be 3 times candle 1
:
Candle 2 = 3 times candle 1
(20 - 4t) = 3(20 - 5t)
20 - 4t = 60 - 15t
-4t + 15t = 60 - 20
11t = 40
t =
t = 3 hrs; 3 + *60 = 38.2 min
:
3 hrs 38.2 min, Candle 2 will be three times the length of candle 1
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