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\n" ); document.write( "Two candles of equal length are lit at the same time. One candle take 6 hours to burn out, the other takes 9 hours to burn out.
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document.write( "The equation which describes the situation is\r\n" );
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document.write( " = .   (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( " is the rate for the first candle, and  is the rate for the second candle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "After solving (1) you get t = 4.5 hours =  of an hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The remaining parts at this moment will be  for the faster candle and  for the slower candle.\r\n" );
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