Question: A blue light flashes 3 times per minute and a yellow light flashes 5 times in every two minutes. If both lights starts flashing at the same time, how many times do they flash together in each hours?
Options:
A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
- (a)
Blue light flashes 3 times per min $ =\frac{60}{3}=20 $
Blue light flashes after every 20 s. … (i)
Yellow light flashes 5 times every two minutes
$ =\frac{2\times 60}{5}=24s $
$ \therefore $ Yellow light flashes every 24 s. … (ii)
So, both of them will flash together every 120 S.
$ \therefore $ Number of times they flash together in 1 h
$ =\frac{60\times 60}{120}=30 $