Multiple choice

The wall clock at Zebo's house was not working properly. Zebo noticed on Tuesday noon that clock is two minutes slow. He planned to observe the behaviour of clock for a week. On next week same day, he noticed that clock was 4 min 48 sec fast at 02:00 P.M. When did the clock show the correct time?

  1. 12:48 P.M. on Wednesday

  2. 02:12 P.M. on Thursday

  3. 02:00 P.M. on Thursday

  4. 03:36 P.M. on Wednesday

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Explanation

The clock is 2 min slow on Tuesday 12:00 PM and 4 min 48 sec fast on the next Tuesday 2:00 PM. Total time elapsed = 7 days + 2 hours = 170 hours. Total gain = 2 min + 4 min 48 sec = 6.8 minutes. The clock gains 6.8 minutes in 170 hours. It needs to gain 2 minutes to show correct time. Time taken = (2 / 6.8) * 170 = (20 / 68) * 170 = (5 / 17) * 170 = 50 hours. 50 hours from Tuesday 12:00 PM is Thursday 2:00 PM.