A clock loses 10 minutes every hour. If the clock is set to the correct time at 7 am on Sunday, when will the clock show the correct time again?

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  1. Next Tuesday at 7 p.m.
  2. next wednesday at 7am
  3. next Friday at 7am
  4. Next Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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Option 4 : Next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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For the watch to show correct time again, it should lose 12 hours.

It loses 10 minutes in 1 hour.

It will lose 12 hours or 720 minutes in = (720 ÷ 10) = 72 hours

So, it will show correct time again after 72 hours, which is 3 days.

Starting from 7 a.m. on Sunday, after 3 days, the clock will show the correct time again at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

Hence, the correct answer is next Wednesday at 7 a.m.

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