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A clock was correct at midnight. From that moment it began to lose one minute per hour. The clock stopped.............

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A clock was correct at midnight.

From that moment it began to lose one minute per hour.

The clock stopped 90 minutes ago showing clock 16:43

What is the correct time now?

The clock runs for less than 24 hours.

posted Feb 25, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Given that a clock is correct at midnight and from that moment it begins to lose 1 minute per hour and stopped an hour and a half ago showing 16:46 the clock runs for less than 24 hours. The current time now is 18:30.

  1. Since the clock loses 1 minute per hour the correct time when it shows 16:46 is 17:00.

  2. It is given that clock stopped an hour and a half ago, hence the correct time is 18:30.

answer May 9, 2021 by anonymous



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