Description : An alarm clock runs 4 minutes slow every hour. It was set right 3 1/2 hours ago. Now another clock which is correct shows noon. In how many minutes, to the nearest minutes, to the nearest minute, will the alarm clock show noon? -Riddles
Last Answer : In 3 1/2 hours the alarm clock has become 14 minutes slow. At noon the alarm clock will fall behind approximently an additional minute. Its hands will show noon in 15 minutes.
Description : The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes, but when he wore a dark outfit, he ran 20 miles in one hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean for his next race? -Riddles
Last Answer : Absolutely nothing, as 80 minutes equals an hour and twenty minutes.
Description : How clocks are made so that hour hand and minute hand performs at 60 second or 60 minutes?
Last Answer : Pls: I don't want to know history why 60 60 rule made
Description : An intense rain is falling at a uniform rate of 7.5 cm/hour for a period of 60 minutes on a basin whose area is 500 hectares. If the average infiltration capacity during the entire rain period is assumed to be 1.5 ... of the basin, is (A) 40 cumecs (B) 60 cumecs (C) 80 cumecs (D) 100 cumecs
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : A bike starts with a speed of 60 km/hr at 8a.m. Due to the problem in engine it reduces its speed as 20 km/hr for every 1 hour. After 9 am, the time taken to covers 15 km is: a) 13 minutes and 20 seconds b) 15 minutes and 09 seconds c) 18 minutes and 15 seconds d) 22 minutes and 30 seconds
Last Answer : 15 min
Description : Two schoolgirls were traveling from the city to a dacha (summer cottage) on an electric train.'I notice,' one of the girls said 'that the dacha trains coming in the opposite direction pass us every 5 ... because 60 divided by 5 equals 12.'The first girl did not agree. What do you think? -Riddles
Last Answer : If the girls had been on a standing train, the first girl's calculations would have been correct, but their train was moving. It took 5 minutes to meet a second train, but then it took the second train ... the time between trains is 10 minutes, not 5, and only 6 trains per hour arrive in the city.
Description : What is the time of useful consciousness at 20,000 feet (moderate activity)? a. 5 minutes b. 1 minute c. 10 minutes d. 30 seconds
Last Answer : a. 5 minutes
Description : Consider a uniprocessor system where new processes arrive at an average of five processes per minute and each process needs an average of 6 seconds of service time. What will be the CPU utilization ? (A) 80 % (B) 50 % (C) 60 % (D) 30 %
Last Answer : (B) 50 %
Description : What is the degree of angle between the hour cut and the minute cut between 3:15 minutes ? Want an answer with an explanation ?
Last Answer : Answer 7.5 . At 8 o'clock, 180 পন্ন is generated between the cut of hour and minute . There are 30 spots in them. The value of each cut (180/30) ° = ৬ . When it is 3 o'clock, the hour is cut to 16.25 ... Then the value of 1.25 (1.25 * ৬) ° = 7.5 . Therefore, the angle between the two cuts is 8.5
Description : The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 64 minutes of correct time. How much a day does the clock gain or lose?
Last Answer : Answer: 32 8/11 minutes.
Description : As I traveled up and down our great glorious country, I found myself in a place where the tempature goes up sharply in the day and down at night. This had an effect on my watch, I noticed it was 1/ ... One morning- May 1- my watch showed the right time. By what date was it 5 minutes faster? -Riddles
Last Answer : In 24 hours the watch gained 1/2-1/3= 1/6 minute. It would seem it would be 5 minutes fast in 5 X 6= 30 days; that is,the morning of May 31. But already on the morning of May 28 the was 27/6 ... fast. At the close of the day the watch gained 1/2 minute more, so it was 5 minutes fast on may 28.
Description : If the only frying pan in the house is large enough to cook two pancakes at a time and pancakes take one minute to brown one side, how can you make three pancakes in three minutes? -Riddles
Last Answer : Pour two pancakes and brown the first side. After the first side is done, flip one, take the second off, and pour the third pancake. After another minute, take the first one off, flip the third one, and put the second one back on. Cook both pancakes until finished.
Description : You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer and a five-minute timer, how can you boil the egg for only two minutes? -Riddles
Last Answer : Once the water is boiling, turn the three-minute timer and five-minute timer over. When the three-minute timer runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. When the five-minute timer runs out, two minutes ... time take the egg out of the water. You don't need the four-minute timer for this riddle.
Description : I begin the earth and end the eclipse, I occur in seconds and minutes, but never in a hand although I am in a lifetime. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Letter E.
Description : What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days? -Riddles
Last Answer : The letter ‘n’
Description : You looked at the clock at 3:15. How many degrees are in the angle between the hour and the minute hands? (Hint: It's not 0) -Riddles
Last Answer : 7.5 degrees. Ask anyone this. No one will get it. You'll stump them!
Description : If every second equals a minute every minute equals a hour every hour equals a day every day equals a month and every month equals a year. What can equal one year? -Riddles
Last Answer : one second because one second equals everything to equal one year.
Description : The title of the problem tells you how to approach these four questions.(A). A bus leaves Moscow for Tula at noon. An hour later a cyclist leaves Tula for mosco, moving slower than the bus. ... Now check the answers. Did you fall into any of the traps which lurk in these simple problems? -Riddles
Last Answer : (A). Neither (B). A pound of metal is always more than half a pound of the same metal. (C). Six strokes took 30 seconds, therefore 12 strokes will take 60 seconds. But when the clock struck ... , therefore 12 strokes will take 66 seconds. (D). There is always a plane that contains any 3 points
Description : In order to be effective, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) must be performed within what time frame, beginning with arrival at the emergency department after diagnosis of myocardial ... during which streptokinase will not be used again in the same patient for acute MI.
Last Answer : a) 60 minutes The sixty minute interval is known as “door to balloon time” for performance of PTCA on a diagnosed MI patient.
Description : Minimum traffic block required for execution of AT Weld ? (i) 70 minutes (ii) 70-75 minute.* (iii) 60 mints (iv) 1 hrs and 30 mints
Last Answer : (ii) 70-75 minute.*
Description : When, where, why and who decided to divide the date of day and night consisting of 24 hours each of 60 minutes of 60 seconds each instead of the prevailing decimal system?
Last Answer : This article might have the explanations you’re looking for. It’s also quite an interesting read!
Description : What is the answer to this question. A car is traveling at a speed of 60 miles per hour what is the speed of the car in feet per minute?
Last Answer : 1 mile = 5280 feet, hence 60 miles is 60x5280 = 316800 feet and this is traveled in 1 hour or 60 minutes. Hence per minute is 316800/60 = 5280 feet per minute. There is a short cut. If you ... per minute. Similarly, to get feet per second from miles per hour, multiply mph by the fraction (22/15)
Description : The heart rate in an adult person is – (1) 50-60 times per minute (2) 70-80 times per hour (3) 70-80 times per second (4) 70-80 times per minute
Last Answer : (4) 70-80 times per minute Explanation: Heart rate refers to the speed of the heartbeat, specifically the number of heartbeats per unit of time. The heart rate is typically expressed as beats per minute ( ... heart rate ranges from 60- 100 bpm; however 70-80 bpm is treated as the normal in adults.
Description : The heart rate in an adult person is (1) 50-60 times per minute (2) 70-80 times per hour (3) 70-80 times per second (4) 70-80 times per minute
Last Answer : 70-80 times per minute
Description : Would you believe an electric car with 1,000 horsepower, a 0-60 time under three seconds, and a top speed over 200 miles per hour? [Link]?
Last Answer : Why not? Pound for pound, an electric motor has far more torque that a gasoline or diesel engine, no RPM restrictions (for the most part). And the battery required for this speed demonstration only ... minimal time required in a single instance, not 8 to 10 hours like a conventional electric car.
Description : A car travelling at a speed of 60 km/hour is braked and comes to rest 6 seconds after the brakes are applied. The minimum coefficient of driction between the wheels and the road would be a.0.107 b.0.3 c.0.283 d.0.417 e.0.5
Last Answer : c. 0.283
Description : In accordance with Coast Guard Regulations (46 CFR), a steering gear feeder circuit from the emergency switchboard or alternate power supply must have the capacity for continuous operation of the rudder 15° side to side in not more than 60 seconds for a A. 1/4 hour B. 1/2 hour C. 1 hour D. 2 hours
Last Answer : Answer: B
Description : While traveling in a straight line, a car uniformly changes its speed from 50 kilometers per hour to 110 kilometers per hour in 5 seconds. The acceleration of the car during this time is: w) 5 ... per hour per second y) 50 kilometers per hour per second z) 60 kilometers per hour per second
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 12 KILOMETERS PER HOUR PER SECOND
Description : If 1 fifth of an hour is 12 minutes, what is 5 fifths of an hour? -Riddles
Last Answer : The whole hour.
Description : Mr. Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning he was justified, though. The train left on time for the one hour journey and it arrived 5 minutes late. ... did on the morning journey, was the station clock fast or slow, and by how much? -Riddles
Last Answer : The station clock is 3 minutes fast. The morning journey took 65 minutes, and the evening journey therefore took 52 minutes, and the train arrived 57 minutes after it should have left, that is, 3 minutes early.
Description : Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why? -Riddles
Last Answer : 80 minutes is the same as an hour and 20 minutes.
Description : A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through: -Riddles
Last Answer : Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360º. Angle traced by hour hand in 5 hrs 10 min. i.e., 31/6 hrs = (36012*316)∘36012*316°= 155º
Description : Four members of a band are walking to a night concert. They decide to take a shortcut, but must cross a bridge. Luckily they have one flashlight. Because of the varying size of their instruments, it ... bridge and still get to the concert on time. What order should they cross to get eve -Riddles
Last Answer : First, the one minute person and the two minute person must cross the bridge, for a total of two minutes. Then the one minute person should come back with flashlight - total of three ... minutes) and gets the one minute person and they cross together bringing the total to seventeen minutes.
Description : Is anyone else annoyed CBS does not just go ahead and schedule 60 minutes a half an hour later?
Last Answer : I recommend just showing historical Packers highlights and great moments until the hour.
Description : Ravi walks to and fro to a Gym. He spends 30 minutes in gym. If he walks at speed of 20 km an hour, he returns to home at 8.00 a.m. If he walks at 30 km an hour, he returns to home at 7.30 a.m. How fast must he walk in order to return at 7.15 hours? a) 40 km/hr b) 30 km/hr c) 60 km/hr d) 50 km/hr
Last Answer : A As per the question, let D be the total distance and ‘t’ is the time taken. So we have: D=20t 20t =30(t-0.5) 20t=30t-15 10t=15 t=3/2 D= 30 km Now, for the condition given we have: 30=S(t-3/4) 30=S(3/2-3/4) 30=S((6-3)/4) 30=S(3/4) S=40 km/hr
Description : A nonstop train leaves Moscow for Leningrad at 60 mph. Another nonstop train leaves Leningrad for Moscow at 40 mph. How far apart are the trains 1 hour before they pass each other? -Riddles
Last Answer : 100 miles (60+40)
Description : Two cars A and B race each other. The Car A ran for 2 minute at a speed of 7.5 km/h, slept for 56 minute and again ran for 2 minute at a speed of 7.5 km/h. find the average speed of the car A in the race. -Science
Last Answer : We know that Distance=speed×timeDistance=speed×time Distance travelled in first 2 minute = 7.5×2607.5×260 = 0.25 km Distance travelled in last 2 minute = 7.5×2607.5×260= 0.25 km Total distance = .25+.25 = 0.5 km Total time = 2+2+56 = 60 minute = 1 hr Average speed = 0.5/1 = 0.5 km/hr
Description : In a 2700 m race around a round track of length 300m, abi and kabi meet at the end of the 3rd minute, for the first time after the start of the race. All the runners maintain uniform speed throughout the race. ... time taken by abi to finish the race. a) 27 mints b) 32 mints c) 5 mints d) 23 mints
Last Answer : A As, abi is twice as fast as the kabi, abi would have completed two rounds by the time kabi completes one round. And that is their second meeting. Their first meeting takes place after the abi ... 300m ⇒He takes 2700/300 *3 =27 mints Hence he takes 27 minutes to finish the race.
Description : If an animal breaths 7 times a minute. How many seconds it takes to breath one million times?
Last Answer : 420 millions
Description : What fraction is 30 seconds of a minute?
Last Answer : It is 30/60 or 1/2 simplified
Description : Telephone Traffic is measured in (A) Seconds. (B) Hours. (C) Erlang (D) Pulses per minute.
Last Answer : (C) Erlang
Description : Which of the following is NOT CHARACTERISTIC of trigeminal neuralgia?** A. The pain usually last for few seconds up to a minute in the early stages of the disease B. The pain is usually ... of the forehead E. It is a paroxysmal in nature and may respond to the treatment with Carbamazepine
Last Answer : D. An attack of pain is usually preceded by sweating in the region of the forehead
Description : Two cogged wheels of which one has 32 cogs and other 54 cogs, work into each other. If the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of a minute, how often does the other turn in 8 seconds? A) 48 B) 24 C) 38 D) 39 E) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: B Number of turns required= 80 × 54/32 × 8/45 = 24 24 times
Description : In a one Kilometer race A beats B by 28 meters or 7 seconds. Find out the time taken by A to finish the race. A. 4 Mins 3 secs B. 3 min 4 secs C. 5 mins D. 4 mins 20 secs
Last Answer : ANSWER: A
Description : In a 2280 m race Dinesh beats Aarav by 360 m or 6 seconds. In another race on the same track at the same speeds. Aarav and karthick start at one end while Dinesh starts at the opposite end. How many metres would Aarav ... is 16 m/sec more than that of karthick a) 1140 m b) 2280 m c) 2460 m d) 1180 m
Last Answer : B Aarav 's speed =360/6 =60 m/s Time taken by Aarav to cover 2280 m =2280/60= 38 seconds Dinesh 's speed = 2280/60=38 m/s karthick 's speed = 22m/s Time taken by Dinesh to meet karthick in ... direction: Distance covered by Aarav: =2280/(38+22) =2280/60 =38 seconds =(38*60)m =2280 m
Description : If an electric train is going east at 60 miles an hour and there is a strong westerly wind, which way does the smoke from the train drift?
Last Answer : A: There is no smoke coming from electric trains.
Description : When using a microwave oven, is cooking an item for two minutes at 50% the same as cooking the item for one minute at 100%?
Last Answer : Not at all, and for the same reason why pasta cooked for 20 minutes at 50 °C is nowhere near the same as cooking it for 10 minutes at 100 °C. Test it yourself by putting your finger in a pot of water ... °C, and one minute at 100 °C. Kids at home: That was a joke. Do not actually test this yourself.
Description : At �t� minutes past 2 pm, the time needed by the minute hand of a clock to show 3 pm was found to be 3 minutes less than minutes. Find ‘t’. -Maths 10th
Last Answer : answer: