A watch gains uniformly. This clock is 5 min slow at 8:00am in the mor...
To find out when the watch was correct, we need to determine the rate at which it gains time.
Step 1: Calculate the time gained per day
The watch is 5 minutes slow at 8:00 am on Sunday and 5 minutes 48 seconds fast at 8:00 pm on the following Sunday.
From 8:00 am on Sunday to 8:00 pm on the same day, there are 12 hours or 720 minutes.
Therefore, the watch gains 5 minutes in 720 minutes, which is equivalent to 5/720 = 1/144 of a minute per minute.
Similarly, from 8:00 pm on Sunday to 8:00 pm on the following Sunday, there are 7 days or 168 hours or 10080 minutes.
The watch gains 5 minutes 48 seconds, which is equivalent to 348/10080 of a minute per minute.
Step 2: Calculate the time gained per minute
To find the rate at which the watch gains time per minute, we can subtract the initial time gained per day from the final time gained per day.
(348/10080) - (1/144) = (348 - 70) / 10080 = 278/10080 = 139/5040 of a minute per minute.
Step 3: Calculate the time required to gain 5 minutes
To find out when the watch was correct, we need to determine how long it takes for it to gain 5 minutes.
Let's assume the watch was correct x minutes after 8:00 am on Sunday.
The time gained from 8:00 am on Sunday to x minutes after 8:00 am on Sunday is (x/144) minutes.
The time gained from x minutes after 8:00 am on Sunday to 8:00 pm on the following Sunday is ((10080 - x)/5040) minutes.
Adding these two times together, we get:
(x/144) + ((10080 - x)/5040) = 5
Simplifying the equation:
5040x + 144(10080 - x) = 5 * 144 * 5040
5040x + 144 * 10080 - 144x = 5 * 144 * 5040
5040x - 144x = 5 * 144 * 5040 - 144 * 10080
4896x = 5 * 144 * 5040 - 144 * 10080
x = (5 * 144 * 5040 - 144 * 10080) / 4896
x = 10080
Step 4: Determine the day and time
The watch was correct 10080 minutes or 7 days after 8:00 am on Sunday.
Therefore, it was correct at 8:00 am on the following Sunday.
Conclusion:
The watch was correct at 8:00 am on the following Sunday.
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