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

• 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
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(20) No(0)
• Let it be x minutes to 6
  time is (6 hr – x min)
  time before 50 minutes = (6hr – x min – 50 min) = 3 hr + 4x min
  3 hr = (4x + x – 50) min
  180 min = (5x – 50) min
  130 = 5x
  x = 26 min
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)