SOLUTION: Three 24 hour clocks are on time now. one 24 hour clock runs one minute slow every 24 hours. One 24 hour clock runs one minute fast every 24 hour. One 24 hour clock is always o

Question 986904: Three 24 hour clocks are on time now.
one 24 hour clock runs one minute slow every 24 hours.
One 24 hour clock runs one minute fast every 24 hour.
One 24 hour clock is always on time.
How many days would it take for the clocks to be precisely on time again?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Three 24 hour clocks are on time now.
one 24 hour clock runs one minute slow every 24 hours.
One 24 hour clock runs one minute fast every 24 hour.
One 24 hour clock is always on time.
How many days would it take for the clocks to be precisely on time again?
:
Quite awhile, the first clock has to be exactly 24 hrs behind and 2nd clock exactly 24 hrs ahead
:
Find the number of minutes in a day and that is how many days to gain 24 hrs
at one minute a day
24 * 60 = 1440 days
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