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  1. If the hands of a clock coincide in every 65 minutes (true time), in 24 hours the clock will gain:
    1. 1010minutes.
      143

    2. 912minutes.
      143

    3. 1112minutes.
      143

    4. 1210minutes.
      143

Correct Option: A

As per the given above question , we can say that

The minutes hand gains 60 minutes in60 x 60 = 720= 65 5 minutes.
551111
∴ The hands of a correct clock coincide in every 65 5minutes.
11
But the hands of the clock in question coincide in every 65 minutes.
The clock in question gains5minutes in 65 minutes.
11

∴ In 24 hours = 24 × 60 minutes the clock gains
Required answer = 5 x 1 x 24 x 60 = 1440 = minutes = 10 10 minutes
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Therefore , required answer will be option A .



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