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Imagine that your watch was correct at noon, but then it began to lose 30 minutes each hour. It now shows 4 p.m. but it stopped 5 hours ago. What is the correct time now? (a) 9.30 p.m.     (b) 11 p.m.     (c) 1 a.m.     (d) 1.30 a.m.

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