Type – 1: Mirror Image of Clock (Mirror Image / āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ)


Rule (āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ)


Mirror Time = 11:60 − Actual Time (āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ = 11:60 − āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ). Mirror Time = Time seen in the mirror.



Ex: Q. If the actual time is 8:20, what will be the time seen in the mirror.  (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϘāĻĄāĻŧā§€āϤ 8:20 āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ ?)


Soln (āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ)


• Write (āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž) 11:60


• Subtract( āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻž) the given time(āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ) 8:20


11:60 − 8:20 = 3:40



  • Minutes (āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ:): 60 − 20 = 40

  • Hours (āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž:): 11 − 8 = 3


Ans (āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰): Mirror Time (āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ) = 3:40


Main Points (āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž)



  • For mirror image questions, use 11:60 - Given Time. (āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāϤ 11:60 - āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)

  • The result gives the time seen in the mirror. (āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ⧇āχ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • First subtract minutes, then subtract hours. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)

  • Trick: Mirror = 11:60 − Given Time (āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ = 11:60 − āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ)

  • Ex: 8:20 → 3:40