Symbiosis National Aptitude Test SNAP 2019 Paper

Question : 83 of 110

Marks: +1, -0

Vijay's grandfather has an old Cuckoo clock. It takes 5 seconds for the "Cuckoo clock" to chime 5 Cuckoos.
How long will it take to chime 10 Cuckoos?

Solution:

Time to chime 1st Cuckoo, t = 0.
Time to chime 5 Cuckoos, t = 5 sec.
So, in 5 sec., 4 Cuckoos chime.
Time to chime 1 Cuckoo =

5/4

sec
Time to chime 10 Cuckoos
=

5/4

× (10 - 1)
=

5/4

× 9 = 11.25 s

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