Ankit Malik

CAT Preparation Community 8y ago

If a clock strikes once at 12 AM, twice at 1 AM, trice at 3 AM, and so on, how many times will it be struck in the course of 3 days?

4

Guddu Singh 8y ago

234

Guddu Singh 8y ago

sorry... answer will be 468 first calculate the sum of AP series 1+2+3+....+12 answer will be 78 then 78 is for 12 hours, so for 24 hours, it will strike 156 so in 3days it will strike 468

Ankit Malik 8y ago

but it is 828 given here

lava likki 8y ago

33

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