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  1. How much does a watch gain or lose per day, if its hands coincide in every 64 minutes?
    1. 32
      8
      minutes gain
      11
    2. 34
      2
      minutes gain
      11
    3. 32
      8
      minutes loss
      11
    4. None of these
Correct Option: A

Here, M = 64

∴ The clock gains or loses in a day by = 720 - M 60 × 24
11M

The clock gains or loses in a day by = 720 - 64 60 × 24
1164

The clock gains or loses in a day by = 655 - 64 60 × 24
1164

The clock gains or loses in a day by = 16×60 × 24=360=328minutes
11641111

since the sign +ve , the clock gains by 328minutes.
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