A clock is set right at 8 a m The clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours will be the true time when...........

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A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours will be the true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the following day?

48 min. past 12.

46 min. past 12.

45 min. past 12.

47 min. past 12.

Time from 8 a.m. on a day to 1 p.m. on the following day = 29 hours.

24 hours 10 min. of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock.

14561456 hrs of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock.

29 hours of this clock = 24*6145*2924*6145*29 hrs of the correct clock

= 28 hrs 48 min of the correct clock.

Therefore, the correct time is 28 hrs 48 min. after 8 a.m.

This is 48 min. past 12.

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