document.write( "Question 1078489: Una recently purchased two boxes of ten-inch candles — one box from a discount store,
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\n" ); document.write( "hosted a dinner party and lighted two candles — one from each box — at 7:30 pm. During
\n" ); document.write( "dessert, a guest noticed that one candle was twice as long as the other. At what time was
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Algebra.Com's Answer #692932 by josgarithmetic(39627) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "                     RATE of BURN    TIME     CONSUMED     REMAINING\r\n" );
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document.write( "cheap candle                        t                       \r\n" );
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document.write( "expensive candle                    t                       \r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "After passage of $\"t\"$ time, the expensive candle was twice as long as the cheap candle.\r
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"t=2%261%2F7\"$ -----time in hours
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Observation done about 9:39PM. \n" ); document.write( "

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