A clock is set at 4am. It loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the correct time when the clock indicates 9pm on the 4th day?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
Time from 4am on first day to 9pm on the 4th day = 89 hours
As per the question, 23 hrs 44 minutes of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock as this clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours.
Here,
23 hrs 44 minutes = 23 + \(\frac{44}{60}\) hrs = 23 + \(\frac{11}{15}\) hrs = \(\frac{356}{15}\) hrs
Hence,
⇒ \(\frac{356}{15}\) Hrs of this clock = 24 hours of correct clock
⇒ 1 Hr of this clock = 24 × \(\frac{15}{356}\) hours of correct clock
⇒ 89 hours of this clock = 24 × \(\frac{15}{356}\) × 89 = 90 hours of the correct clock,
it means, the correct clock gains one hour over the incorrect clock.
Therefore, the correct time on the fourth day would be 9 + 1 = 10pm.