Puzzle: The Two Candles ??? 10 Points for The Winner

Question

There're 2 Candles , One of them is taller than the other by 1cm .

- The long candle is lit at : 12:00 hrs .

- The short candle is lit at : 13:30 hrs .

- Both candles were the same length at :16:00 hrs .

- The short candle is blown out at : 17:30 hrs .

- The long candle is blown out at :18:00 hrs .

What was the length of both candles ???

Answer 1

(2x + 1) - t;  (2x + 1) - 6 = l

Answer 2

They taught us how to answer these sort of questions back in middle school.... there is no answer...however they were one centimeter taller / shorter than each other... is that right?

Answer 3

Dont Know It was Dark after The Candles were OUT !!

Answer 4

Easy way to do this is that the long candle is lit for a total of 6 hours, the short candle is lit for a total of 4 hours. That would mean the one centimeter difference takes 2 hours to deplete. Therefore one centimeter is burned off every two hours, or half a centimeter an hour.

Since the long candle takes 6hours to deplete that means it was 3 centimeters long. Since the short one was 4 hours to burn out that means it was 2 centimeters long. It fits; the long one is 1 centimeter longer than the short one.

Edit: I misread "blown out" as burned out, didn't have my contacts in. Therefor, no real answer is discernible.

Answer 5

I'm no good at math.

Answer 6

8 & 9 cm!

this is what my brother told me to write hahah

Answer 7

nothing left?

Answer 8

is one shorter thn the other?

Answer 9

The length is unknown because it was never told. Alls we know is that one candle is 1cm taller than the other.

Trick question ;)

Answer 10

there is nothing

Answer 11

You cant tell by this information. Not enuff info.

However, The longer candle lost 4cm. and the other lost 2/23 cm.

Answer 12

One is longer by a centimeter; there are no other measurements except time

The burning time (length) of the long candle is 6 hours and the burning time of the short candle is 4 hours

Answer 13

They are the same length...

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Answer 14

the same length?

Answer 15

Suppose X is the length of the LONG CANDLE & it's Burning Time is V1

And Y is the length of the SHORT CANDLE & it's Burning Time is V2.

We know that : Y = ( X-1) .

AT 16:00 hrs :

X - 4*V1 = Y - 2.5*V2

After substation Y with ( X-1) :

(4V1 = 2.5V2 + 1 ............................. (1

After blowing out the candles :

(X = 6 * V1 .................................... (2

(Y = 4 * V2 ................................... (3

After substation Y with ( X-1) :

(6V1 = 4V2 + 1 ............................. (4

And from 1&4 we find that :

(V1 = 1.5)  & (V2 = 2)

Then we substitute in 2&3 :

(X = 9 cm)

(Y = 8 cm)

The Long Candle at the beginning is : 9 cm

The Short Candle at the beginning is : 8 cm

Answer 16

its right back to the answer

the long candle is bigger than the short one by 1cm

Answer 17

Before: one was 1 cm longer than the other.

After: one was .5 cm shorter than the other.

Answer 18

they were blown out how can i tell?

Answer 19

hard one

Answer 20

the same? idk! to hard!!!