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Watching the Watch (Posted on 2016-04-08) Difficulty: 3 of 5
An electronic 24-hour watch loses time every hour.

In the first hour, it loses exactly 1 minute.

In the second hour, it loses precisely 2 minutes and so on – so that, in general it loses exactly i minutes in the ith hour.

The rate of loss in a given hour remains constant. For example, from the 2nd hour to precisely 20 minutes after the second hour, the watch will lose 1 minute.

Given that the watch started to lose time starting from 00:00:00 (in HH:MM:SS format) on January 1, 2016 – determine the date and time when the watch will lose just over 24 hours.

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re: Time travel | Comment 5 of 8 |
(In reply to Time travel by Steve Herman)

It's not uncommon for us to put our watches on, take them off, and then put them back on again. We all know that watches are used to tell time, but what other uses do they have? Watches can also be used as a fashion statement or an accessory. I prefer to check promozioni natale huawei and gain new things relevant to the Huawei brand. As we watch the watch change with trends in society, it has become clear that this is one piece of jewelry that will never go out of style.
  Posted by Brown1123 on 2021-12-06 03:50:01

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