SOLUTION: At a certain time, Janice notices that her digital watch reads a minutes after two o�clock. Fifteen minutes later, it reads b minutes after three o�clock. She is amused to note tha

Question 601293: At a certain time, Janice notices that her digital watch reads a minutes after two o�clock. Fifteen minutes later, it reads b minutes after three o�clock. She is amused to note that a is six times the value of b. What time was it when she looked at her watch for the second time?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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The 2nd time, it was 9 minutes after 3
check:

The 1st time it was 2:54
15 min later would be
3:09
OK
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