document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=747824>Question 747824</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, I can't understand the answer as explained in the link below. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.477023.html\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you kindly help me?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Moazzam </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #852539 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39635)</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=852539\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call the original unburned length for each candle, 1 unit.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also note that rate*time is the amount of length burned.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                        rate           time           length remain \r\n" );
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document.write( "first candle             1/5            x              1-(1/5)x\r\n" );
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document.write( "second candle            1/4            x              1-(1/4)x\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"find the time, in hours, taken for the height of the first candle <BR>\n" );
document.write( "to be four time that of the second candle .\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That should mean,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-x%2F5=4%281-x%2F4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-x%2F5=4%281-x%2F4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve that,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=3%263%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=3%263%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >----------hours </SPAN>\n" );
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