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The books are dusty and decayed. You lifted one page randomly, the rest of the book fell off. Disappointed, you walked to the table. The silver candleholder caught your attention. It has five seats to hold candles, they are set in such positions to form a five-triangle star. The candles are, interestingly, wooden carvings. They are only decorations. You wonder why they are not real.

You also noticed the canldes' heights form a curious ratio. The shortest candle is one third of the one to its right, one half to the one on its further right, one fourth to the one on its left, and one fifth to the last one.

You failed trying to lift the candleholder, even though the whole thing doesn't look heavy.

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Svetlana studies the shape of the candleholder and decides to mark the seats as
follows:

1
__/ \__
2 3
\ /
/ \
4 5

As for the fake wooden candles, she names them in accordance with their lengths:
A(5 units), B(4 units), C(1 unit), D(3 units) and E(2 units)

I wonder if these candles will have any effect on the candleholder... in
particular, whether I would be able to lift the latter if I placed them in the
right
order... whatever that is...

There seems no harm in hazarding an attempt. She places A at 1, B at 2, D at 3,
E
at 4 and C at 1.

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