If I have 7 candles lit and 2 go out Riddle

Question:

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If I have 7 candles lit and they go out 2,

how many candles do I have left?

Answer: Please provide your opinion below in comments section

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89 thoughts on “If I have 7 candles lit and 2 go out Riddle

  1. Shouldn’t the answer be 7 and not 2 bcoz the ques is in present tense. Having 2 candles will be future tense. Ques will accordingly be “How many candle will I have?” Just a thought…..

  2. They have gone out but it is also said that 7 candles are lit.. weather it go out or remain there it self it have to melt na????

  3. but it depends on ur perspective “eventually” you said.. that means the seconds and the few minutes before the rest melts you will have 7

  4. Check your tenses mate ! You asked if I have lit (present) not if I had lit (past then 2 would be the right answer) ! So 2 blown off candels while 5 are still lit so the answer is 7candels (candels don’t run out within seconds do they ???)

  5. {} is the most correct answer. Empty set/void is the best answer because not enough information is given about the number of candles to begin with to give an exact answer.
    The second most correct answer is 7+
    It’s states that 7 candles were lit but we don’t know how many candles were there that weren’t lit. Regardless of whether a candle is lit or not, it is still a candle.

  6. If the question was , If I have 7 candles lit , 2 mins later 2 went out. How many candles would I have 25 mins later ? Then your answer would be right.

  7. Smart answer but if I say ans is 7
    Because it is mentioned 2 candles are out and 5 are still burning and if we count for how many candles then it will be 5+2=7. The question relates to present tense not what if happen after.
    If I justify your answer then one day those 2candles will also litt and answer will be zero.
    Hope u all be convinced with my views.

    Actually this question doesn’t have any answer its simply like
    “how u see the glass which is half filled”.

  8. 7 because they never asked for how many candles there was left lit they asked how many he has left or because the questions was in past tense

  9. 7 is the correct answer….bcoz…there is no tym duration mentioned in the question….5 will b glowing and 2 blews off…….so totally 7 candles are there…..

    2 is not the smart answer according to this question…….

  10. Since 2 blew out there’s a possibility of wind in the room (it’s also not mentioned if all are in the same room)
    And also not mentioned when will you count how many you have left.
    If you count right after this question is asked then 7
    Or ask the question and wait for 4 hours to count (which is quite stupid) then 2

  11. THE Ans IS 9. Because its written in Present Tense that ” I HAVE 7 CANDLES LIT” , “2 BLEW OUT” Which is in Past Tense . So the correct answer is 9 (7 candles lit + 2 blew out) as the question is asked in present tense i.e. HOW MANY CANDLES DO I HAVE LEFT ?

    And if the Question was ” How many candles will I have left ? ” then the Answer will be 2.

    Hope all are satisfied with my Explaination.

    Thanks.

  12. Well as it has been said that 2 candles blew out. So as the time passes 5 lit candles will be melted out. What is left with us are the 2 candles which were blown out.

  13. Well the best answer is I don’t know. Why? Because the question isn’t asking about how many candles based on their condition but the actual amount of candles (Reminder, the question only stated the candles based on their conditions. ). It might be 100 or 10000, idk.

  14. Answer is 2…. Because lit is in third form of verb… Which means the candles were lit in past…. Now they are melted.. So it’s 2

  15. However the word determining the tense is “I have”. The candles are lit, which in this case is a discriptor and not the verb meaning. For example, how you said “they are melted”. In that case “are” determines you are referring to the state of the candles in the present, which are described as being melted.

  16. There may b 3 answers. First is 7 as 2 go out so 7 are still lit and remaining two may have blew out after they got finished.u still have 7 candles lit.
    Second answer can be 9 as the 2 candles that go out do not necessarily go out after they r finished. They may have blew out before. So you still have 9 candles left.
    Third one is tricky. By other logic you are left with = no of candles u originally had before – 9. They r left with you. 9 of them u have used in one or other way.
    But answer 2 is totally incorrect as 7 candles are still lit even if 2 go out after they are finished. They will blow out that is assumption.
    I hope I covered each aspect of this question.

  17. Multiple Answers for multiple scenarios:

    A) 7 : Considering the fact that you answer at the immediate instant the question is asked.

    B) 2 : Considering the fact that you are a lazy brat who waits for an entire day or two before answering and provided the candles don’t blow out by any human or natural interference(s).

    C) 9 : Considering the question to be framed as “I have 7 lit candles and 2 blew out (candles) “ , (basically someone who over-analyzes grammatically ).

  18. It’s 7 because it say if 7 candles are lit and 2 go out how many are left it doesent day where did the melted candles go it just said how many are Left and seven are left because there are the 2 lit ones and the 5 ones that melted

  19. Your reading the riddle wrong
    Your saying Blew Out
    In the question in does not say that It says,”I have 7 candles lit, 2 GO OUT
    Correct yourself

  20. Candles don’t just melt away like vapour disappears. Wonder how long it took you to come back and find the 5 melted away. This thing has got no straight answer cos no time frame.

  21. ur really tht dumb.The fuckin answer is 7.You have 7 candle lit,2 go out,how many candle do u have left.Stupid fucks u have 7 candles.Even if 2 go out,YOU STILL HAVE 7 CANDLES

  22. That doesnt make sense at all. The right answer is 7.

    With your logic: you have 2 dollar. How many dollars do you have?
    Normal: 2 dollar
    Your answer: 0 because the 2 dollar will be spend somewere in the future

  23. 7 candles
    2 go out

    7+2= 9
    Turn the nine upside down
    6
    7-2=5
    The number after 5 is
    6
    The number before 7 is
    6
    666 illuminati confirmed

  24. Answer is 9. Says that the two candles BLEW out, Not melted, so taking the 7 candles that are lit plus the ones no longer lit that were probably purposefully blown out, its 9.

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