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Can someone answer this math riddle?
Since my grandmother’s clock came back from the repair shop, it loses thirteen minutes a day. If she sets it correctly today at noon, when will it next show the correct time?
7 Answers
- SabrinaLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
9360 days
It take 780 day just for the clock to fall on an exact hour (or a number divisible by 60):
13 (60)=780
Therefore after 780 days, the clock will be 13 hours behind. Taking into account a clock is right twice a day, it will only be 1 hour behind. It will take another 11 of these cycles (each adding another hour the clock is behind) for the clock to be 12 hours behind aka for the clock to match up with the clock.
Example: 780 days after that (1560 days total) the clock will be 26 hours behind. 26-24 hours= 2 hours behind
So:
780 + 11(780)=
12 (780)=
9360= the number of days it will take for the clock to be right again.
To all those who say 12:01 - This would only be correct if it were a digital clock. However "grandmother's clock," the clock repair, and the losing time implies an analog clock. The position of the "minutes" hand, and "second" hand if there was one, would not be in the correct position to have the correct time at 12:01
- The oneLv 41 decade ago
780 days
the person above me: the question says after it went into the repair shop it loses 13 minute a day
- PondsLv 51 decade ago
Umm.. I'd say 12:01 because if she set it correctly then it should stay :P
But why would it be 'broken' if it came back from the repair shop? XD im so confused
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- 1 decade ago
ummmmm lamest answer in the world but how about the moment she sets it right? I mean it's displaying the right time then isn't it?! LOL sorry kinda messed up right now in the head area.
Source(s): Me, Myself and I. - Anonymous1 decade ago
at noon today when she sets it