A watchmaker has three wall clocks. One clock is exactly 10 minutes fast, one is exactly 15 minutes slow, and one displays the correct time. Currently, the clocks display 2:00, 2:15, and 2:25. What is the correct time?
2:15.
If the actual time is 2:15, the clock that is 10 minutes fast displays 2:25, and the clock that is 15 minutes slow displays 2:00. This perfectly accounts for all three clock readings.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
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