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How many minutes is it before noon, if 48 minutes ago, it was twice as many minutes past nine AM?

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Posted - March 18, 2019
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  • 46117
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      March 18, 2019 11:34 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    Nope.  Here's hint:  Time is represented by a straight line.
      March 19, 2019 2:56 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    I'll reply again later.  I'm still working on this and don't want to cheat by looking up the answer.  Until then I assume you are right but that's not the answer I have, so far, Ms. Pus-filled Boil (gags). 
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      March 19, 2019 8:36 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Linear algebra problem

      March 19, 2019 3:01 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    Right.  You know the over all length (of time) = 180 minutes.  You also know the length of three short lengths in terms of X:  X, 2X and 48.  Adding all these together and solving for X, gives the answer.  That took a whole day for me to figure out.  I'm trying to keep my mind from slowing down too much.  It shouldn't take that long.
      March 20, 2019 8:20 PM MDT
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  • 39
    It's simple.

    Let's forget clocks and do the algebra.

    Between 9 AM and 12 PM there are 180 minutes.

    Let the minutes to 12 be X. 48 Minutes ago, it was 2X past 9.

    So, X+ 48 + 2X = 180

    3X+48 =180
    3X= 132
    X=44

    So it's 44 Minutes to 12 PM or 11:16 AM

    48 minutes ago it was 10:28 AM which is 88 Minutes past 9 AM. This post was edited by engineerIsTerminator at March 26, 2019 1:42 AM MDT
      March 26, 2019 1:42 AM MDT
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