There are 12 candles in each box, so the there are a total of 7 boxes
Answer: 
This is the same as
and it is also equivalent to 
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Explanation:
n is some placeholder for a number
one fourth of that number is
which is the same as
or
since 1/4 = 0.25
From here, we subtract off 2 to get
as one possible final answer.
25
Square root of 25 is 5
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