There are two candles of equal lengths and of different
thickness. The thicker one lasts of six hours. The thinner
2 hours less than the thicker one. Ramesh lights the two
candles at the same time. When he went to bed he saw the
thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How
long ago did Ramesh light the two candles .

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There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / mathsskumar_sarma2000

let x be lenghth of candles.

thicker one---- in 1 hr 1/6th will go.
thinner one--- in 1 hr 1/4th will go.

let he lit for n hrs.

so in n hrs thicker one goes n/6.
and thinner one goes n/4.

so remainini length are x-n/6 and x-n/4.so x-n/6=2(x-n/4)
implie n=3x. if x=1 n=3hrs.

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There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / yogesh wagh

Hrs Remaining Candle (Thicker) Remaining
Candle (Thiner)
Lighted 1 1
1 0.833333333 0.75
2 0.666666667 0.5
3 0.5 0.25 Answer
4 0.333333333 0
5 0.166666667
6 0


Its clear from above table that the Ramesh light the two
candles Before 3 Hrs

Is This Answer Correct ?    64 Yes 22 No

There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / kunal patil-pune

as per data,
thicker one can consume 1/6 in an hour
smaller can consume 1/4 in an hour.
consider after an hour,
thicker one consume 1/6 & remains 5/6.
shorter one consume 1/4 & remains 3/4.
AFTER 2 HOURS,
thicker one consums 2/6 & remains 4/6.
shorter one consumes 2/4 & remns 2/4.
AFTER 3 HOURS,
thicker one consumes 3/6& remains 3/6.
shorter one consumes 3/4 & remains 1/4.
THIS CLEARLY MEANS THAT,

THICKER IS 50% OFORIGIONAL LENGTH.
&
THINNER ONE IS 25% OF ORIGIONAL LENGTH.
u can comment me on - kunal1985engg@yahoo.co.in

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There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / subhakar prabhu

The equations for the lengths of the candles (in terms of time)

Thick length = 1 - t/6
Thin length = 1 - t/4
At time T, (1 - T/6) = 2*(1-T/4)
This gives T = 3.

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There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / pappu kumar yadav

Let the length of both the candles be"l".By the qstn in 6
hrs thicker candle consumes "l" length.Hence in "t" time it
consumes"(l/6)t".(where "t" s d duration during whch bth d
candles glow n chkd).Similarly during"t" time thinner
candle consumes"(l/4)t".This implies that after "t" time
length of thicker candle remaining =l-(lt/6).Length of
thinner candle remaining=l-(lt/4).Now by the question we
have (1/2)*[l-(lt/6)]=l-(lt/4). on solving this we get t=3
Hours. Hence bth d candles were lit 3 hours before.

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There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / abhijnan dasgupta

let their original lengths be 1 each...let no. of hrs
elapsed since he lighted the candles be x....now since they
are consumed in 6 and 4 hrs respectively their rate of
decrease=1/6 per hr and 1/4 per hr respectively...so we need
(1-x/6)/(1-x/4)=2/1...which gives...x=3 hrs..

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There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / ashish rawat

let the length of candle is – L
let ramesh light candles x hours ago
thinner one lasts = 4h
length burnt in one hour = L/4
length burnt in x hour = xL/4
remaining length = L-(xL/4) = (4-x)L/4

thicker one lasts = 6h
length burnt in one hour = L/6
length burnt in x hour = xL/6
remaining length = L-(xL/6) = (6-x)L/6

now according to conditions after x hours , thicker candle
length = 2*thinner candle length

(6-x)L/6 = 2* (4-x)L/4
(6-x) = 3*(4-x)
2x = 12-6 = 6

x = 3 hours

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 3 No

There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / sunil

let us assume the total units is lcm(6, 4)= 12 units;
candle 1 lasts 6 hours => in 1 hour the candle 1 lasts 2 units,
caldle 2 lasts 6-2 = 4 hours => in 1 hour the candle 2 lasts
3 units.
there fore remaining units for candle 1 after t hours is 12-2t
remaining units for candle 2 after t hours is 12-3t

there fore (12 - 2t) = 2(12 - 3t) [from the question]
=> 12 - 2t = 24 - 6t
=> 6t - 2t = 24 - 12
=> 4t = 12
=> t = 3 hours.
3 hours ago ramesh light the two candles.

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 2 No

There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / gunaramesh

3 hrs

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There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six ho..

Answer / mujeeb

3 hours

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