A CLOCK SHOWED 5 MIN PAST 3'0 CLOCK ON SUNDAY EVENING WHEN
THE CORRECT TIME WAS 3'0 CLOCK IT LOOSES UNIFORMLY AND WAS
OBSERVED TO BE 10 MIN SLOW ON THE SUBSEQUENT TUESDAY AT
9PM . WHEN DID THE CLOCK SHOW THE CORRECT TIME(** PLEASE
GIVE THE EXPLANATION ALSO***)

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A CLOCK SHOWED 5 MIN PAST 3'0 CLOCK ON SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THE CORRECT TIME WAS 3'0 CLOC..

Answer / srivatsan

9 am on Monday morning. On Saturday 3 pm it was 5 mins
ahead, and on tuesday 9pm it was 10 mins slow. This means it
has taken 54 hours for the clock to get slow by 15 mins. So
18 hours for 5 mins , which means on Monday morning 9 am It
will be showing exact 9 am.

Is This Answer Correct ?    95 Yes 9 No

A CLOCK SHOWED 5 MIN PAST 3'0 CLOCK ON SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THE CORRECT TIME WAS 3'0 CLOC..

Answer / rohit garg

9 am on monday...
as it was 5 min fast on sunday n 10min slow on tuesday...
so total time gap=15 mins..
now time from sunday 3 pm to tuesday 9 pm=54 hrs..
15mins in 54 hrs..
1 min in 54/15 hrs..
5 min in (54/15)*5=18 hrs..
3pm on sunday+18hrs=9 am on monday

Is This Answer Correct ?    23 Yes 1 No

A CLOCK SHOWED 5 MIN PAST 3'0 CLOCK ON SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THE CORRECT TIME WAS 3'0 CLOC..

Answer / kukku

7am on monday morning.
when the clock shows 3.05, the actual time is 3.when it is
8.50 the correct time is 9..so it changes by 15 min...
so the reqd time is (9pm)+(54*5/15)

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 8 No

A CLOCK SHOWED 5 MIN PAST 3'0 CLOCK ON SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THE CORRECT TIME WAS 3'0 CLOC..

Answer / anand

Monday 5am...The start time is 3pm Sunday and finish time is 9 pm tuesday total 42 hrs.for 42 hrs it reduces by 15min...So it takes 14 hrs for 5 minutes.When clock reduces to 5min it will be the correct time.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 8 No

A CLOCK SHOWED 5 MIN PAST 3'0 CLOCK ON SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THE CORRECT TIME WAS 3'0 CLOC..

Answer / vinay

9am on Friday. As sunday was at 3:00 pm it was slow by 5
and subsequent tuesday a 10 min late clock.
so it took 2 days(48 hours) + 6 hours for the clock to slow
down by 5 min. hence just the do the maths in the reverse
manner.

Is This Answer Correct ?    10 Yes 34 No

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