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Hickory Dickory Clock
 

 

Hickory, dickory, dock, a mouse has messed up the clock. Something, at least, has messed up the old alarm clock in Randy’s bedroom. Sometimes it runs backward, with the hands moving counter-clockwise.

When Randy looked at the clock yesterday morning, it showed a quarter to 10. It then ran backward for 14 hours, 6 minutes, and then forward for 5 hours, 53 minutes, and finally backward again for 10 hours, 41 minutes.

Randy’s clock is a standard 12-hour analog clock.

What time will the clock now show?


 
 

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