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Clock is set correctly at 1pm and loses three min every hour. What will clock read when correct time is l0am next day?

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Clock is set correctly at 1pm and loses three min every hour. What will clock read when correct time is l0am next day?
posted Jun 2, 2018 by anonymous

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Clock has been running for 21 hours
It now lags 21 * 3 = 63 minutes behind
Clock shows 8:57

answer Jun 3, 2018 by Jcm



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