Question

One quarter of the time till now from midnight and half of the time remaining from now up to midnight adds to the present time. What is the present time?

Answer 1

Suppose present time= X

Time remaining till midnight = 24 - X

Therefore. according to question:

One quarter of present time = X/4

Half of remaining time till midnight = (24-X)/2

So,

(X/4) + {(24-X)/2} = X

(X + 48 - 2X) = 4X

48 = 5X

X = 48/5 = 9.6

So, present time is 9.6 hours or 9 hours 36 minutes or 9:36AM