Wipro Company Numerical Ability Clocks and Calendars

Clocks A, B and C strike every hour. B slows down now and takes 2 minutes longer than A per hour while C has become faster and takes 2 minutes less that A per hour. If they strike together at 12 midnight when will they strike again?

a. 10 a.m
b. 11 a.m
c. 10 a.m
d. 11 p.m

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Clock A strikes every 60 minutes.

Clock B strikes every 62 minutes.
Clock C strikes every 59 minutes.

The LCM of 60, 62, and 59 is: .109,740 minutes

i.e,76 days 5 hours

so,they strike at 5 am.on 77th day
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C takes 58 mins, B takes 62 mins ando A takes 60 mins for 1 hr. Hence Lcm of 58,60,62 is 53940 mins. That equals to 37 days and 11 hrs. Hence answer is b 11 am.
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