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Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock. How many minutes is it to six...
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Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock. How many minutes is it to six o'clock?
According to the question the present time is in between 3 o' clock and 6 o' clock.
If I assume that it is 'x' minutes to 6 o' clock then it is 180-x past 3 o' clock and 50 minutes ago it was 130-x past 3 o' clock.
Now how should I understand the question?
Is it 130-x=4x ?
Or
Is it x=4(130-x) ?
Please explain to me as per the meaning of the question which of the above equations is correct?
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Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock. How many minutes is it to six o'clock?
According to the question the present time is in between 3 o' clock and 6 o' clock.
If I assume that it is 'x' minutes to 6 o' clock then it is 180-x past 3 o' clock and 50 minutes ago it was 130-x past 3 o' clock.
Now how should I understand the question?
Is it 130-x=4x ?
Or
Is it x=4(130-x) ?
Please explain to me as per the meaning of the question which of the above equations is correct?
contest-math puzzle word-problem
edited Feb 2 at 10:31
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49.6k870158
asked Aug 11 '16 at 8:19
Omkar ReddyOmkar Reddy
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I don't know about the rest of the users, but to me, the sentence "Fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock" is vague and needs clarification. Maybe my english isn't good enough, but I have no idea what this sentence wants to say...
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– 5xum
Aug 11 '16 at 8:26
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Please write the whole question exactly as it appears. It was "four times as many minutes past three o'clock", four times what?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 9:06
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@Morgan Rodgers What I've given was the exact question. Shall I upload the picture? It's confusing really.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:11
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@GaneshReddy What is this from?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 10:25
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@Morgan Rodgers It's from a book for quantitative aptitude. I don't know the author name. My friend sent me the pic having this question. I couldn't understand the meaning of that statement.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 10:31
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Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock. How many minutes is it to six o'clock?
According to the question the present time is in between 3 o' clock and 6 o' clock.
If I assume that it is 'x' minutes to 6 o' clock then it is 180-x past 3 o' clock and 50 minutes ago it was 130-x past 3 o' clock.
Now how should I understand the question?
Is it 130-x=4x ?
Or
Is it x=4(130-x) ?
Please explain to me as per the meaning of the question which of the above equations is correct?
contest-math puzzle word-problem
edited Feb 2 at 10:31
Blue
49.6k870158
asked Aug 11 '16 at 8:19
Omkar ReddyOmkar Reddy
1258
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Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock. How many minutes is it to six o'clock?
According to the question the present time is in between 3 o' clock and 6 o' clock.
If I assume that it is 'x' minutes to 6 o' clock then it is 180-x past 3 o' clock and 50 minutes ago it was 130-x past 3 o' clock.
Now how should I understand the question?
Is it 130-x=4x ?
Or
Is it x=4(130-x) ?
Please explain to me as per the meaning of the question which of the above equations is correct?
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contest-math puzzle word-problem
edited Feb 2 at 10:31
Blue
49.6k870158
asked Aug 11 '16 at 8:19
Omkar ReddyOmkar Reddy
1258
edited Feb 2 at 10:31
Blue
49.6k870158
asked Aug 11 '16 at 8:19
Omkar ReddyOmkar Reddy
1258
edited Feb 2 at 10:31
Blue
49.6k870158
edited Feb 2 at 10:31
Blue
49.6k870158
edited Feb 2 at 10:31
Blue
49.6k870158
49.6k870158
asked Aug 11 '16 at 8:19
Omkar ReddyOmkar Reddy
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asked Aug 11 '16 at 8:19
Omkar ReddyOmkar Reddy
1258
asked Aug 11 '16 at 8:19
Omkar ReddyOmkar Reddy
1258
1258
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I don't know about the rest of the users, but to me, the sentence "Fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock" is vague and needs clarification. Maybe my english isn't good enough, but I have no idea what this sentence wants to say...
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– 5xum
Aug 11 '16 at 8:26
1
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Please write the whole question exactly as it appears. It was "four times as many minutes past three o'clock", four times what?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 9:06
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@Morgan Rodgers What I've given was the exact question. Shall I upload the picture? It's confusing really.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:11
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@GaneshReddy What is this from?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 10:25
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@Morgan Rodgers It's from a book for quantitative aptitude. I don't know the author name. My friend sent me the pic having this question. I couldn't understand the meaning of that statement.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 10:31
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I don't know about the rest of the users, but to me, the sentence "Fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock" is vague and needs clarification. Maybe my english isn't good enough, but I have no idea what this sentence wants to say...
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– 5xum
Aug 11 '16 at 8:26
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Please write the whole question exactly as it appears. It was "four times as many minutes past three o'clock", four times what?
$endgroup$
– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 9:06
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@Morgan Rodgers What I've given was the exact question. Shall I upload the picture? It's confusing really.
$endgroup$
– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:11
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@GaneshReddy What is this from?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 10:25
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@Morgan Rodgers It's from a book for quantitative aptitude. I don't know the author name. My friend sent me the pic having this question. I couldn't understand the meaning of that statement.
$endgroup$
– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 10:31
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I don't know about the rest of the users, but to me, the sentence "Fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock" is vague and needs clarification. Maybe my english isn't good enough, but I have no idea what this sentence wants to say...
$endgroup$
– 5xum
Aug 11 '16 at 8:26
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I don't know about the rest of the users, but to me, the sentence "Fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock" is vague and needs clarification. Maybe my english isn't good enough, but I have no idea what this sentence wants to say...
$endgroup$
– 5xum
Aug 11 '16 at 8:26
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1
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Please write the whole question exactly as it appears. It was "four times as many minutes past three o'clock", four times what?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 9:06
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Please write the whole question exactly as it appears. It was "four times as many minutes past three o'clock", four times what?
$endgroup$
– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 9:06
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@Morgan Rodgers What I've given was the exact question. Shall I upload the picture? It's confusing really.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:11
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@Morgan Rodgers What I've given was the exact question. Shall I upload the picture? It's confusing really.
$endgroup$
– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:11
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@GaneshReddy What is this from?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 10:25
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@GaneshReddy What is this from?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 10:25
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@Morgan Rodgers It's from a book for quantitative aptitude. I don't know the author name. My friend sent me the pic having this question. I couldn't understand the meaning of that statement.
$endgroup$
– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 10:31
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@Morgan Rodgers It's from a book for quantitative aptitude. I don't know the author name. My friend sent me the pic having this question. I couldn't understand the meaning of that statement.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 10:31
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Answer is 26 minutes.
The time now is between 3:00 and 6:00 which equates to 180 minutes now if we go 50 minutes back, then we have 130 minutes left, and that time is divided in two parts i.e. 4x minutes past 3 o'clock and x minutes left to reach 6 o'clock, so it means 130/5=26 minutes are left to 6 o'clock which implies time now is 5:34.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
Faijal TuriyaFaijal Turiya
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But it wasn't mentioned there that 4 times as many minutes to 6 o' clock but it was given that 4 times as many minutes past 3 0' clock. How did you consider that 4x?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:03
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Let $x$ denote the number of minutes now.
We know that $x+10=4x$.
Hence $x=3+frac13$.
Hence the time now is 4:03:20.
Hence the time left until 6:00:00 is 1:56:40.
Hence the answer is $60+56+frac{40}{60}=116+frac23$ minutes.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
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How did you get x+10? Could you please elucidate it?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:58
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@GaneshReddy: $x-50bmod{60}=x+10bmod{60}=x+10$.
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– barak manos
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Answer is 26 minutes.
The time now is between 3:00 and 6:00 which equates to 180 minutes now if we go 50 minutes back, then we have 130 minutes left, and that time is divided in two parts i.e. 4x minutes past 3 o'clock and x minutes left to reach 6 o'clock, so it means 130/5=26 minutes are left to 6 o'clock which implies time now is 5:34.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
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But it wasn't mentioned there that 4 times as many minutes to 6 o' clock but it was given that 4 times as many minutes past 3 0' clock. How did you consider that 4x?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:03
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Answer is 26 minutes.
The time now is between 3:00 and 6:00 which equates to 180 minutes now if we go 50 minutes back, then we have 130 minutes left, and that time is divided in two parts i.e. 4x minutes past 3 o'clock and x minutes left to reach 6 o'clock, so it means 130/5=26 minutes are left to 6 o'clock which implies time now is 5:34.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
Faijal TuriyaFaijal Turiya
1
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But it wasn't mentioned there that 4 times as many minutes to 6 o' clock but it was given that 4 times as many minutes past 3 0' clock. How did you consider that 4x?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:03
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Answer is 26 minutes.
The time now is between 3:00 and 6:00 which equates to 180 minutes now if we go 50 minutes back, then we have 130 minutes left, and that time is divided in two parts i.e. 4x minutes past 3 o'clock and x minutes left to reach 6 o'clock, so it means 130/5=26 minutes are left to 6 o'clock which implies time now is 5:34.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
Faijal TuriyaFaijal Turiya
1
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Answer is 26 minutes.
The time now is between 3:00 and 6:00 which equates to 180 minutes now if we go 50 minutes back, then we have 130 minutes left, and that time is divided in two parts i.e. 4x minutes past 3 o'clock and x minutes left to reach 6 o'clock, so it means 130/5=26 minutes are left to 6 o'clock which implies time now is 5:34.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
Faijal TuriyaFaijal Turiya
1
answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
Faijal TuriyaFaijal Turiya
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answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
Faijal TuriyaFaijal Turiya
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answered Aug 11 '16 at 8:58
Faijal TuriyaFaijal Turiya
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But it wasn't mentioned there that 4 times as many minutes to 6 o' clock but it was given that 4 times as many minutes past 3 0' clock. How did you consider that 4x?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:03
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But it wasn't mentioned there that 4 times as many minutes to 6 o' clock but it was given that 4 times as many minutes past 3 0' clock. How did you consider that 4x?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:03
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But it wasn't mentioned there that 4 times as many minutes to 6 o' clock but it was given that 4 times as many minutes past 3 0' clock. How did you consider that 4x?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:03
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But it wasn't mentioned there that 4 times as many minutes to 6 o' clock but it was given that 4 times as many minutes past 3 0' clock. How did you consider that 4x?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:03
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Let $x$ denote the number of minutes now.
We know that $x+10=4x$.
Hence $x=3+frac13$.
Hence the time now is 4:03:20.
Hence the time left until 6:00:00 is 1:56:40.
Hence the answer is $60+56+frac{40}{60}=116+frac23$ minutes.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
38k742103
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How did you get x+10? Could you please elucidate it?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:58
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@GaneshReddy: $x-50bmod{60}=x+10bmod{60}=x+10$.
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– barak manos
Aug 11 '16 at 10:03
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Let $x$ denote the number of minutes now.
We know that $x+10=4x$.
Hence $x=3+frac13$.
Hence the time now is 4:03:20.
Hence the time left until 6:00:00 is 1:56:40.
Hence the answer is $60+56+frac{40}{60}=116+frac23$ minutes.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
38k742103
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How did you get x+10? Could you please elucidate it?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:58
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@GaneshReddy: $x-50bmod{60}=x+10bmod{60}=x+10$.
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– barak manos
Aug 11 '16 at 10:03
add a comment |
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Let $x$ denote the number of minutes now.
We know that $x+10=4x$.
Hence $x=3+frac13$.
Hence the time now is 4:03:20.
Hence the time left until 6:00:00 is 1:56:40.
Hence the answer is $60+56+frac{40}{60}=116+frac23$ minutes.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
38k742103
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Let $x$ denote the number of minutes now.
We know that $x+10=4x$.
Hence $x=3+frac13$.
Hence the time now is 4:03:20.
Hence the time left until 6:00:00 is 1:56:40.
Hence the answer is $60+56+frac{40}{60}=116+frac23$ minutes.
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
38k742103
edited Aug 11 '16 at 9:48
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
38k742103
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
38k742103
answered Aug 11 '16 at 9:42
barak manosbarak manos
38k742103
38k742103
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How did you get x+10? Could you please elucidate it?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:58
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@GaneshReddy: $x-50bmod{60}=x+10bmod{60}=x+10$.
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– barak manos
Aug 11 '16 at 10:03
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How did you get x+10? Could you please elucidate it?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:58
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@GaneshReddy: $x-50bmod{60}=x+10bmod{60}=x+10$.
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– barak manos
Aug 11 '16 at 10:03
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How did you get x+10? Could you please elucidate it?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:58
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How did you get x+10? Could you please elucidate it?
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:58
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@GaneshReddy: $x-50bmod{60}=x+10bmod{60}=x+10$.
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– barak manos
Aug 11 '16 at 10:03
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@GaneshReddy: $x-50bmod{60}=x+10bmod{60}=x+10$.
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– barak manos
Aug 11 '16 at 10:03
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I don't know about the rest of the users, but to me, the sentence "Fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock" is vague and needs clarification. Maybe my english isn't good enough, but I have no idea what this sentence wants to say...
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– 5xum
Aug 11 '16 at 8:26
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Please write the whole question exactly as it appears. It was "four times as many minutes past three o'clock", four times what?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 9:06
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@Morgan Rodgers What I've given was the exact question. Shall I upload the picture? It's confusing really.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 9:11
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@GaneshReddy What is this from?
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– Morgan Rodgers
Aug 11 '16 at 10:25
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@Morgan Rodgers It's from a book for quantitative aptitude. I don't know the author name. My friend sent me the pic having this question. I couldn't understand the meaning of that statement.
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– Omkar Reddy
Aug 11 '16 at 10:31