Oct 28, 2010

What is the time??

A watch was set accurately at 8.30am and then lost 2 seconds for every 5 minutes. What time was indicated on the watch at 6.30pm on the same day?

Answer:
6.26pm

Explanation:
As given the question, the watch will lost 2 seconds for every 5 minutes,
therefore, for 10min = 4 sec
                     20min = 8 sec
                     40min = 16 sec
                     60min (1 hour)= 24 sec
                     10 hours = 240 sec which is 4 min.
Therefore after 10 hours, 4 min delay will occur i.e at 6.30pm it will show 6.26pm.

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