A clock loses 2 minutes every single hour. Exactly at midnight, it is set to the correct time. What time will the clock show when the true time is exactly noon (12 hours later) on the same day?
11:36 AM
In 12 hours, the clock loses 2 minutes per hour, totaling 24 minutes lost. 12:00 PM minus 24 minutes is 11:36 AM.
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