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There are three bosses in a computer game. Boss A appearsevery 1 hour. Boss B appears every 30 minutes. Boss Cappears every 40 minutes. If the three bosses appear togetherat 10:10, at what time will the three bosses appear togetheragain in the game?

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For this question we will compute the LCM of 60 min, 30min, and 40 min:


\begin{gathered} 60=5\cdot3\cdot2^2, \\ 30=5\cdot3\cdot2, \\ 40=5\cdot2^3\text{.} \end{gathered}

Then the LCM is:


5\cdot3\cdot2^3=120.

Then, the three bosses appear together again after 120min=2hours.

Answer: 12:10.

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