An antique store has a collection of eight clocks. At a particular moment, the displayed times on seven of the eight clocks were as follows: 1:55 pm, 2:03 pm, 2:11 pm, 2:24 pm, 2:45 pm, 3:19 pm and 4:14 pm. If the displayed times of all eight clocks form a mathematical series, then what was the displayed time on the remaining clock?
Explanation:
Observe the following times.
Thus, we see that “5” is missing in the first difference. Therefore, the missing time is 5 minutes before 2.03, that is, 1.58.
Hence, option (b).
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