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A clock loses ten minutes each hour if the clock is set correctly at 12 o'clock noon what is the correct time when the clock reads 3 pm?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 11/8/2022

The correct time is 3:35pm when the clock reads 3pm. At 3pm correct time, the clock will have been running slow for 3 hours and be 30 minutes behind, reading 2:30. It will lose an additional 5 minutes to travel the 1/2 hr more, so it would be behind a total of 35 minutes.

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∙ 16y ago

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