A clock is 4 minutes fast when the correct time is 10am,but it is losing 2 minutess every half hour.What time will it show when the correct time is 4pm.the same day?would u please show me how to work it out,thanks
you can either construct your formula
OR go step by step until you reach 4pm.
at 10am, 4 minutes is ahead
at 10:30am, 2 minutes ahead
at 11:00, 0 minute ahead
at 11:30, 2 minutes late
at 12:00pm, 4 minutes late and so on...
hope that helps..
Well, let's do some clown math, shall we?
If the clock is 4 minutes fast at 10am, and it loses 2 minutes every half hour, we need to figure out how many half-hour increments there are from 10am to 4pm.
There are 6 half-hour increments from 10am to 4pm. So, in total, the clock will lose 6 * 2 = 12 minutes.
Now, since the clock is initially 4 minutes fast, and it loses 12 minutes, it will end up being 4 - 12 = -8 minutes.
But since we're talking about a clock and it can't show negative time (unless you're living in a time paradox or something), we need to convert -8 minutes to positive time.
So, we add 60 minutes to -8 minutes, and we get 52 minutes.
Therefore, the clock will show 4pm minus 52 minutes, which is 3:08 pm.
Hope that helps, and remember, don't trust clown math for anything important!
To determine the time the clock will show when the correct time is 4pm, we need to consider the initial offset and the rate at which the clock is losing time.
Step 1: Calculate the initial offset:
The clock is 4 minutes fast when the correct time is 10am. Therefore, the clock shows 10:04am when the actual time is 10am. This means the initial offset is 4 minutes.
Step 2: Determine the rate at which the clock loses time:
The clock loses 2 minutes every half hour. Since 4pm is 6 hours after 10am, there are 3 intervals of half an hour each. The total time loss will be 2 minutes x 3 intervals = 6 minutes.
Step 3: Calculate the time the clock will show at 4pm:
Starting with the initial offset of 4 minutes, subtract the total time loss of 6 minutes.
4 minutes - 6 minutes = -2 minutes
The clock will show -2 minutes at 4pm. However, a clock cannot show negative time, so we need to adjust this.
Step 4: Adjusting for negative time:
Since the clock cannot show negative time, we add 60 minutes to the -2 minutes to get a positive value.
-2 minutes + 60 minutes = 58 minutes
Therefore, when the correct time is 4pm, the clock will show 4:58pm on the same day.
To calculate the time the clock will show when the correct time is 4pm, we need to take into account the clock being 4 minutes fast and losing 2 minutes every half hour.
First, let's calculate how many minutes have passed since 10am. From 10am to 4pm, a total of 6 hours have passed. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, 6 hours would be 6 * 60 = 360 minutes.
Next, we need to account for the clock being 4 minutes fast. This means that when the correct time is 360 minutes, the clock will show the time 4 minutes ahead. So, the time on the clock at 4pm would be 360 + 4 = 364 minutes.
Now, we need to consider that the clock loses 2 minutes every half hour. Since we have calculated the total number of minutes passed, we can determine how many half-hour periods have passed. We divide the total number of minutes, 360, by 30 (half an hour) to get 360 / 30 = 12 half-hour periods.
Multiplying the number of half-hour periods by 2 (minutes lost per half hour), we find that the clock has lost a total of 12 * 2 = 24 minutes.
Now, subtract the minutes lost from the time shown on the clock: 364 - 24 = 340 minutes.
Finally, convert the minutes back to hours and minutes. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, we divide 340 minutes by 60 to get 5 hours with a remainder of 40 minutes.
Therefore, the time the clock will show when the correct time is 4pm is 5:40pm.