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A candle of 6 cm long burns at the rate of 5 cm in 5 hour and an another candle 8 cm long burns at the rate of 6 cm in 4h. What is the time required to each candle to remain of equal lengths after burning for some hours, when they starts to burn simultaneously with uniform rate of burning?

a) 1 hours
b) 1.5 hours
c) 2 hours
d) 4 hours

Answer: d
Explanation: (6 – x) = (8 – 1.5x)
x = 4 cm.
It will take 4 hours to burn it in such a way that they will remain equal in lengths.

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