The Speeding Clock Riddle

The Speeding Clock Riddle ⏱️

A clock loses 5 minutes every hour, but you don’t notice because it’s synchronized with your phone’s clock. If your phone shows 12:00 noon, the clock shows 12:30 PM. After 5 hours, what time does the clock show?

Hint:

The clock loses 5 minutes every hour, meaning that for every real hour that passes, the clock is behind by 5 minutes.You are told that when it’s 12:00 noon on your phone, the clock shows 12:30 PM (which is 30 minutes ahead of the real time).After 5 hours, the clock will have lost 5 minutes per hour. You need to calculate how much time it will have lost after those 5 hours and how that affects the clock’s reading.

Answer;

Understanding the Problem:

The clock loses 5 minutes every hour.
Your phone shows 12:00 noon, and the clock shows 12:30 PM (which means the clock is 30 minutes fast compared to the actual time).
You need to figure out what time the clock shows after 5 hours.

Step-by-Step Breakdown:

Initial Situation: When it’s 12:00 noon on your phone, the clock is showing 12:30 PM. This means that the clock is 30 minutes fast.
Clock’s Behavior: The clock loses 5 minutes every hour. Over the next 5 hours, the clock will lose:

5minutes/hour×5hours=25minutes

So after 5 hours, the clock will be 25 minutes behind the time it was showing.

What Time Does the Clock Show?:

After 5 hours, the actual time will be 5:00 PM (since it’s 5 hours after 12:00 noon).
Since the clock was 30 minutes ahead at 12:00 noon, we need to subtract the 25 minutes it lost over the 5 hours:

5:00PM−25minutes=4:35PM