document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=632747>Question 632747</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( "`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( "6:30 AM – 5:21 PM means that it had been 10 hrs, 51 minutes since I left\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6:30 AM - 3:50 PM means that the math clock had been working for 9 hrs, 20 minutes, which also means that the light was out for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%281_hour_+31_minutes%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%281_hour_+31_minutes%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: 10 hrs, 51 mins, less 9 hrs, 20 mins, OR 5:21 – (minus) 3:50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12:00 AM – 6:03 AM means that the electricity came back 6 hours, 3 minutes ago\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since at 5:21 PM (the correct time), the electricity came back 6 hours, 3 minutes ago, then it came back at 11:18 AM.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since it went out for 1 hour, 31 minutes, and it came back at 11:18 AM, then the light went out at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%289%3A47%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%289%3A47%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > AM. \r<BR>\n" );
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