document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=632703>Question 632703</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Problem: One day I was at school,the electricity went out at home. when I left for swim practice that morning,all the clocks were working and the time was 6:30am.When I returned home they all said different times. the wind -up clock,which was unaffected by the loss of electricity,have a time of 5:21pm. my math clock, which stops when the electricity is off and runs when the electricity is on, gave a time of 3:50 pm. My digital clock, which resets to midnight when the power goes off and continues to run from that point,have a flashing time of 6:03 am. Assuming the electricity went out only once, what time did it go out and for how long?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #398446 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=398446\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One day I was at school,the electricity went out at home.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " when I left for swim practice that morning, all the clocks were working and<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the time was 6:30am.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When I returned home they all said different times. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the wind-up clock, which was unaffected by the loss of electricity, have a<BR>\n" );
document.write( " time of 5:21pm. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "my math clock, which stops when the electricity is off and runs when the electricity is on, gave a time of 3:50 pm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " My digital clock, which resets to midnight when the power goes off and<BR>\n" );
document.write( " continues to run from that point, have a flashing time of 6:03 am.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Assuming the electricity went out only once, what time did it go out and for how long?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the length of time of the outage using the wind-up and math clocks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5:21 - 3:50 = 1 hr 31 min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the time of the end of the outage using the Digital clock<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and Wind-up clock (17:21)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17:21 - 6.03 = 11:18 am, time the power came back on<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract the duration of the outage:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11:18 - 1:31 = 9:37 am, time of the beginning of the outage  </SPAN>\n" );
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