Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock, how many minutes is it to six o'clock?

• OK. Let there be x minutes left for 6'o'clock. Between 3 and 6, we have 180 minutes. So we can also say, that the time is now, 180-x minutes from 3.
  
  Now the question says, 50 minutes ago from (180-x) ..........(180-x-50)
  it was four times as many minutes past 3 ...........(4x)
  
  180-x-50 = 4x
  x = 26 minutes
  
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(48) No(2)
• Solution:
  present time can be 3-4 or 4-5 or 5-6
  Case 1: As now number of minutes to 6 is greater than greater than 120 and number of minutes is less than 60 so no possible answer
  
  case2:now number of minutes left is still 60+ and max number of minutes past three is 119 in this case also (4*60+) no solution
  
  case3: in this case number of minutes left is 0 to 60 and number of minutes past 6 is 120+ so a possible solution
  
  let's current time is 5hours x minutes then
  
  120+x-50 = 4*(60-x)------>70+x =240-4x--->5x =170 --->x=34
  so current time is 5 hours 34 minutes so minutes required to 6.00 is 24 minutes.
  
  
  
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(6)
• 50-y=4y
  y=10
  time is 10 minutes past 3'o clock
  it is 170 minutes to 6 'o clock
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(17)