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A watch is set accurately at midnight, but gains six minutes every hour. If it stopped 30 minutes ago, and now snows 8:26 a.m., what's the correct time now?

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Preeti De Sarkar  (8 years ago)

The clock gains 6mins per hour. So,at 1am,it shows-1:06.
at 2am,it shows - 2:12
at 3am,it shows- 3:24.
similarly, 4:30,5:36,6:42,7:48.
now,at 8am,it shows-8:54am.
but the clock stopped half an hour ago n is showing 8:26. So,the time would be btwn 7 n 8. The clock stopped at 7:54am. Thevreal time at 7:54 would be- 7:06am.
so answer is 7:06am.

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Anant Vardhan  (8 years ago)

Answer should be 8.06
Explanation :
From 12am to 8 am it has gained 8*6=48 min and for 26 mins it should gain 2mins more than means it has gained a total of 50 mins.
but since it stopped 30 mins ago, so the correct time must be : 8.26 am - 50mins + 30 mins = 8.06am

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