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2. Three bells P, Q and R ring at intervals of 40, 48and 60 minutes respectively. If they ring together at 6.15 a.m. when will they ring together again? (4 mks)
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2. Three bells P, Q and R ring at intervals of 40, 48and 60 minutes respectively. If they ring together at 6.15 a.m. when will they ring together again? (4 mks)

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They will ring again together at 10:15am. Because the common factor for 40, 48 and 60 is 240, which means 240 minutes, that equals to 4 hours. Hence 4 hours after 6.15am is 10.15am.

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