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How long will it take the patient to consume all the five tablets?

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A patient was diagnose with some ailment. He was given five different tablets to take at night at an interval of 15 minutes.

How long will it take the patient to consume all the five tablets?

posted Jan 23, 2015 by Rahul Vaidya

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It will take an hour
Suppose he takes 1st tablet at 9.00 pm,second at 9.15 pm, third at 9.30 pm, fourth at 9.45 pm and fifth at 10.00 pm
So answer is 1 hour

answer Jan 24, 2015 by Jaspalsingh Parmar



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