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A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours will be the true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the following day?


 

A. 38 min. past 12.

B. 40 min. past 12.

C. 48 min. past 12.

D. 50 min. past 12.

Correct Answer :

C. 48 min. past 12.


Time from 8 a.m. on a day 1 p.m. on the following day = 29 hours. 
24 hours 10 min. of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock.


145 /6 hrs of this clock = 24 hrs of the correct clock


29 hrs of this clock = (24 x 6/145 x 29) hrs of the correct clock


= 28 hrs 48 min. of correct clock


The correct time is 28 hrs 48 min. after 8 a.m.


This is 48 min. past 12.