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Maths Puzzle
there are two clocks? one becomes late by 2 mins every hour, the other becomes 1 min fast every
hour. After exactly how many hours will they be 1 hour difeerent?(Ans.20 hours)
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- In 1 hour , the time diff between two clocks = 2+1= 3 mins
sp 1 hr (or 60 mins ) time difference will occur after 60/3 = 20 hrs - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
- Ans. 20 hours
Let after x hours they will be 1 hour different
After x hours first clock will be back by 2x minutes
After x hours second clock will be ahead by x minutes
So after x hours they will differ by 2x+x= 3x minutes
3x = 60 => x =20 - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(1)
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