Question

A clock loses 1 second every 5 minutes. It is set to the correct time at 8pm on May 7th In which month is the next day in which it shows the correct time.

Answer 1

The next day will be in the march month in which it will show the correct time.

Explanation:

Number of seconds in a day = 24 × 60 × 60

= 86400 seconds

As clock loses 1 seconds in every 5 minutes , the time after which it looses 1 day(86400 sec) is 86400 × 5

⇒ 432000 minutes

⇒
`(432000)/(60)` hours

⇒ 7200 hours

⇒
`(7200)/(24)`

⇒ 300 days

The 300th day after 7th may will lie in next march