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Clock A was correct at midnight. From that moment it began to lose four minutes per hour.

The clock stopped two hours ago showing clock B. What is the correct time now? The clock runs for less than 24 hours.

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posted Jun 30, 2015 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Ans is 12:51
clock A stops showing 12:00
Means total 12*60=720 min
but in A there is an hour of 56 min
so time will be 720/56=12.85 hr
if we will convert 0.85 hour into minute it wil be 51 minute
so Ans will be 12:51

answer Jun 30, 2015 by Avi Patel



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