Q9 On Diwali eve, two candles, one of which is 3 cm longer than the other are lighted. The longer one is lighted at 530 p.m. and the shorter at 7 p.m. At 930 p.m. they both are of the same length. The longer one burns out at 1130 p.m. and the shorter one at 11 p.m. How long was each candle originally ?

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