Multiple choice

Sushma has a dentist appointment at 7 : 20 in the evening. While entering the dentist’s office, she saw reflection of the wall clock. The hands of clock read 4 : 40. She knew that this being the reflection of the clock, the time she read is not the correct time. What is true regarding her.

  1. She is 20 minutes late

  2. She is 20 minutes before time

  3. She is on time

  4. None of the above

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In a mirror clock, the reflected time and actual time are symmetric around 12:00 (for hour hand) and 6:00 positions. The sum of reflected and actual positions equals 12. For 4:40, the reflection calculation: hour 4 reflects to 8 (since 4+8=12), minutes 40 reflect to 20 (since 40+20=60). So the actual time is 8:20. Since her appointment was at 7:20, she is exactly on time.