document.write( "Question 1063023: my watch was correct at 12 noon. after which it began to lose 15 minutes every hour. eight hours ago it stopped completely. the time showing on my watch is 3.15 pm. what time is it now?
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Before the watch completely stopped,
\n" ); document.write( "it was indicating the passage of
\n" ); document.write( " $\"60-15=45\"$ minutes for each $\"60\"$ minutes (1 hour) of actual elapsed time.
\n" ); document.write( "The ratio of elapsed time to watch-indicated time was
\n" ); document.write( " $\"60%2F45=4%2F3\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "By the time the watch stopped, it was indicating that
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3hours%2B15minutes=%283%2A60%2B15%29\"$ $\"minutes=195minutes\"$
\n" ); document.write( "had passed since noon.
\n" ); document.write( "The time elapsed since noon (in minutes) was actually
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284%2F3%29%2A195=260\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "which is $\"%284%2A60%2B20%29\"$ $\"minutes=4hours%2B20minutes\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "so it was actualy 4:20 PM.
\n" ); document.write( "Now, 8 hours later, the time is
\n" ); document.write( "20 minutes past midnight, or
\n" ); document.write( "12:20 AM on the next day. \n" ); document.write( "

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