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A clock strikes once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock and thrice at 3 o’clock and so on. If it takes 8 seconds to strike at 5 o’clock, the time taken by it to strike at 10 o’clock is

a

None of the above

b

18 seconds

c

14 seconds

d

16 seconds

Answer : Option D
Explanation :

At, clock rings five times.

At 10, it will ring 10 times.

herefore Time taken =85×10=frac{8}{5} imes 10

= 16 seconds

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