Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

The stubs obtained by burning ten candles will yield one extra candle if you melt them all together. If you burned 100 candles, how many extra candles could you make?

  1. 10

  2. 11

  3. 9

  4. 12
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Burning 100 candles produces 100 stubs. Melting these 100 stubs creates 10 new candles. After burning those 10 new candles, you get 10 more stubs, which can be melted to create 1 final extra candle. Total extra candles = 10 + 1 = 11.

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