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Time is a factor.​

How many minutes is it before noon if 22 minutes ago it was as many minutes past 10am

 

[Goodbloke]

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How many minutes is it before noon if 22 minutes ago it was as many minutes past 10am

who cares, I am retired !

 

[Vinylted]

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who cares, I am retired !

Good one Goodbloke but remember to keep the little grey cells active.. as Poirot would say..

 

[Vinylted]

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Maybe I'm making these too simple so people can't be bothered.. sigh.. the answer is 49.

 

[Goodbloke]

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Maybe I'm making these too simple so people can't be bothered.. sigh.. the answer is 49.

Nope, it wasn't simple. Perhaps an explanation of how the answer is worked out?

 

[Vinylted]

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Nope, it wasn't simple. Perhaps an explanation of how the answer is worked out?

Time span mentioned was 10am to noon, total 120 minutes, the 22 minutes from that leaves 98 minutes divide by 2 equals 49 minutes.

I actually worked it out with pencil & paper, drawing a clock face and visualising it.