document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1208637>Question 1208637</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello! I would appreciate it if you could help me solve this word problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two candles of the same height are lit at the same time. The first is consumed in four hours, the second in three hours. Assuming that each candle burns at a constant rate, how many hours after being lit was the first candle twice the height of the second? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #847015 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=847015\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">\r\n" );
document.write( "CANDLE          BURN RATE      TIME         LENGTH of CANDLE\r\n" );
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document.write( "First           d/4             x             d-(d/4)x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Second          d/3             x             d-(d/3)x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Question seems to need the \"length of candles\" to be as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d-%28d%2F4%29x=2%28d-%28d%2F3%29x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d-%28d%2F4%29x=2%28d-%28d%2F3%29x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If divide left and right by d, then  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-x%2F4=2%281-x%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-x%2F4=2%281-x%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-x%2F4=2-2x%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-x%2F4=2-2x%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-x%2F4=1-2x%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-x%2F4=1-2x%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2F3-x%2F4=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2F3-x%2F4=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply left and right sides by 12;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x=12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x=12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=12%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=12%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and this is 2 and two-fifths hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%262%2F5=2%2624%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%262%2F5=2%2624%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or two hours twenty-four minutes. </SPAN>\n" );
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