Posted by RD on October 30, 2002 at 17:47:44:
Two candles are in a building. One is red and the other is blue. The candles are the same height, but the red is slightly thicker. The red burns out in 3 hours and the blue 2. After an amount of time the length of the red left unburned was twice that of the blue. A person who was in the building had a watch but it stopped, and there was no other clock in the building. How long was the person there?
Please show step by step. Thanks for your help.