A clock loses 2 minutes every single hour. Exactly at midnight, it is set to the correct time. What is the exact number of hours that will pass on the real clock before this clock shows the correct time again?
720 hours
A clock must lose a full 12 hours (720 minutes) to show the correct time again. At a rate of 2 minutes lost per hour, it takes 720 / 2 = 360 hours? Wait, 720 minutes / 2 minutes per hour = 360 hours. Let's re-verify: 360 hours * 2 minutes = 720 minutes = 12 hours. Correct answer is 360 hours. Wait, let me adjust the JSON text to match 360.
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