Clock This

Exactly how many minutes is it before six o’clock if 50 minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o’clock?

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February 28th, 2011 | Category: Brain Riddle, Mathematical |  Email This Riddle

2 guesses to Clock This

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• Jim

  November 26, 2014 at 12:10 PM

  It’s 175 min before 6 o’clock

• Dude

  November 26, 2014 at 12:19 PM

  Fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o’clock
  IT means X
  WAS means =
  FOUR TIMES means 4 *
  AS MANY MINS PAST 3 means 130-X
  so equation becomes X=4*(130-X); X=104 mins

  How many mins before 6 = 130-X=130-104= 26mins