Question

Rajesh wants to catch a train whose scheduled time of departure is 8:45 pm. He starts from his home at 7:15 pm as per his watch and the time taken from home to railway station is i hour 20 minutes. When he reaches the station, he finds to his surprise that the train left the platform 8 minutes ago. Later on, rajesh realizes that his watch was x minutes behind the correct time right from start, though it does not lose time. Find the value of x.

Answer 1

Time of train departure =8:45 pm

Time shown by watch at leaving=7:15 pm

Distance between home and station =1 hour 20 minutes

Time to be shown by watch at Station =7:15 + 1:20 =8:35

Departure of train =8 minutes before

X= 10 minutes behind (Answer)