Discussion of the Question 03/96
The question was:What is the maximal distance from which you can see (with your naked eye) a burning candle in the middle of the night?
You deserve few hints: the luminous intensity of one candle is about one candela (surprise!). Thus, the luminous flux is about 4{pi}=10 lumens, which correspond to about 0.03 Watts.
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