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Your friend gave you a clock for your birthday, but unfortunately, it's ........... what is the correct time now?

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Your friend gave you a clock for your birthday, but unfortunately, it's very unreliable. This one gains exactly 12 minutes every hour.

It is now showing 10pm and you know that it was correct at midnight, when you set it.

If the clock stopped four hours ago, what is the correct time now?

posted Feb 16, 2015 by Pardeep Kohli

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