Logical Reasoning

Clocks & Calendar

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A watch is 1 minute slow at 1 p.m. on Tuesday and 2 minutes fast at 1 p.m. on Thursday. When did it show the correct time?

5 a.m on Wednesday

1 p.m on Wednesday

1 a.m on Wednesday

5 p.m on Wednesday

✅ Correct Option: 1

The watch moves from 1 minute slow to 2 minutes fast, gaining $3$ minutes over the $48$ hours from Tuesday 1 p.m. to Thursday 1 p.m. Gaining the first $1$ minute takes $48 \times (1/3) = 16$ hours. Adding 16 hours to Tuesday 1 p.m. gives 5 a.m. on Wednesday.

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