document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #379681 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"+a+%2B+15+=+60+%2B+b+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+6b+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+6b+%2B+15+=+60+%2B+b+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+5b+=+45+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+9+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The 2nd time, it was 9 minutes after 3
\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+6b+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+54+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The 1st time it was 2:54
\n" ); document.write( "15 min later would be
\n" ); document.write( "3:09
\n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( "

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