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A clock was correct at midnight. From that moment it began to lose four minutes...........What is the correct time now?

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A clock was correct at midnight.

From that moment it began to lose four minutes per hour.

The clock stopped three hours ago showing 12:08pm.

The clock runs for less than 24 hours. What is the correct time now?

posted Apr 16, 2020 by Rajni

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16:00


Time passed before clock stopping: (12 hrs+8min)/(60-4)=13 hrs
Correct time= 13+3=16:00

answer Apr 17, 2020 by Hanifa Mammadov



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