how many minutes is it until 6 o'clock if 50 minutes ago it was 4 times as many minutes past 3 o'clock?

• let required number=x
  total minutes between 3o'clock and 6o' clock =180
  x+50+4x=180
  5x+50=180
  5x=130
  x=26
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• answer is 26 mins.
  
  according to the question
  The equation is 4x+50+x = 180
  now the interval of time between 3 am and 6 am is 180 minutes
  That interval is equal to 50 minutes plus five intervals of unknown size,
  four of them past 3 am and one of them short of 6 am.
  
  
  
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• simple way
  The time is 5:34.
  It is 26 minutes to 6:00.
  Fifty minutes ago it was 4:44 which is 104 minutes past 3:00
  
  so 26 x 4 = 104
  
  so the answer is 26 min
  
  
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