Sam was studying for his examinations and the lights went off. It was around 1:00 AM. He lighted two uniform candles of equal length but one thicker than the other. The thick candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one two hours less. When he finally went to sleep, the thick candle was twice as long as the thin one.For how long did Sam study in candle light?
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3 hours
Reply 03 hr
Reply 0Let rate of burning for thick and thin candle is k1 and k2
Reply 0then (L - K1 * t) = 2* (L - K2 * t) .... (1)
and K1 = L/6 and K2 = L/4 ... (2)
by solving these two eqns we get T = 3 Hrs.