When seen through a plane mirror, a clock shows time of 8:30. The correct time is:

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Uttarakhand Police Constable Official Paper (Held On: 18 Dec 2022)

Answer 1

Solution: When looked in the mirror, the clock shows 8:30 (8.30).

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Therefore, the correct time on the clock is 3:30.

Alternative MethodWhenever we have to find mirror time from actual time or real time from mirror time, we have to subtract the given time from 11:60.

Here actual time = 11:60 - 8:30 = 3:30

The correct answer is option 2,