Problem of time

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It is 06:27 PM. What was the time of the day 2880717 minutes earlier?

06:30 AM 01:27 PM 05:27 AM 06:30 PM

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jan 19, 2019

First we convert to time to 24-hour system 06:27 PM = 18:27 H \text{06:27 PM} = \text{18:27 H} . Then consider

00 h : 2880717 m i n = 48011 h : 57 m i n = 2000 d a y s : 11 h : 57 m i n = 11:57 H Time of the day \begin{aligned} \underbrace{00}_h:\underbrace{2880717}_{min} & = \underbrace{48011}_h: \underbrace{57}_{min} = \underbrace{2000}_{days}:\underbrace{11}_h: \underbrace{57}_{min} = \underbrace{\text{11:57 H}}_{\text{Time of the day}} \end{aligned}

Therefore, the time of the day 2880717 minutes ago 18:27 H 11:57 H = 06:30 H = 06:30 AM \text{18:27 H} - \text{11:57 H} = \text{06:30 H} = \boxed{\text{06:30 AM}} .

Henry U
Jan 18, 2019

Every day has 60 24 = 1440 60 \cdot 24 = 1440 minutes.

Since 2880717 717 m o d 1440 2880717 \equiv 717 \bmod 1440 , there will be 717 minutes more than a whole number of days.

717 = 11 60 + 57 717 = 11 \cdot 60 + 57 , so aftsr these days, there are 11 hours and 57 minutes more, so 3 minutes less than 12 hours.

12 hours before 6:27 pm is 6:27 am, and 3 minutes later than that is 6:30 am .

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