Question

It takes $5$ seconds for a clock to strike $6$ o'clock beginning at $6:00$ o'clock precisely. If the strikes are uniformly spaced, how long, in seconds, does it take to strike $12$ 0'clock?

• A. $9\frac{1}{5}$
• B. $10$
• C. $11$
• D. $14\frac{2}{5}$
• E. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B $10$

If it takes 5 seconds to strike 6 O'clock beginning at 6:00 O'clock.

As the strikes are uniformly spaced it will take 10 seconds to strike 12 O'clock.