A clock loses 2 minutes every 6 hours. At 3:00pm. The clock is set to the right time and allowed to run without interference

Question

a) What integer would describe the time loss after exactly 3 days?

 

b) what would the clock read at 3:00pm three days after?

Answer 1

a)

Three days is 72 hours.

That is 12 six hour periods

The clock has lost 2(12) minutes

b)

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