Question

On Friday morning two clocks are correctly set at 6 a.m. One clock gains 1 minute every 2 hours. The other clock loses 1 minute every hour. When the real time is 10 p.m. that evening, the fast clock is ______ minutes ahead of the slow clock.
Please explain the answer
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Answer 1

real time passed from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm is 16 hrs
time gained by fast clock = 8 minute
will read: 10:08
time lost by slow clock = 8 minutes
clock will read: 9:52 pm

so fast clock is 16 minutes ahead of slow clock

Answer 2

a clock shows correct time at 12:00 noon.it gains 2.5 minutes every hour.what time will it show at 6:00 pm

Pls helped

Answer 3

30 mins ahead