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A man has a clock that chimes once for every hour at the top of the hour-- for example, at 6 o'clock, the clock chimes six times. It also chimes once on the half-hour.
He returns home in time to hear the clock chime once. A half-hour later, it chimes once. A half-hour after that, it again chimes, just once. Again, a half-hour later, it chimes just once. Finally, as he's leaving, he hears it chime, but just once.
What time was it when he first came home?
Unni was first with, essentially, the correct answer, but smadarebma will get best answer for her explanation.
Daylight savings time ends at 2:00, not 1:59, so unless our man cheats and sets the clock back a minute early, it will chime twice at 2:00. And it's established that it chimes a particular number of times at the top of the hour, so to say that it chimes "just once" at 2 would not be valid. But I never said the man was able to hear all twelve chimes at 12, or both chimes at 2, since he was entering and leaving the house.
He returns home in time to hear the clock chime once. A half-hour later, it chimes once. A half-hour after that, it again chimes, just once. Again, a half-hour later, it chimes just once. Finally, as he's leaving, he hears it chime, but just once.
What time was it when he first came home?
Unni was first with, essentially, the correct answer, but smadarebma will get best answer for her explanation.
Daylight savings time ends at 2:00, not 1:59, so unless our man cheats and sets the clock back a minute early, it will chime twice at 2:00. And it's established that it chimes a particular number of times at the top of the hour, so to say that it chimes "just once" at 2 would not be valid. But I never said the man was able to hear all twelve chimes at 12, or both chimes at 2, since he was entering and leaving the house.