Data sufficiency (Blue book)
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The explanation of the answer says 16.5 minutes before 2:50PM, the digital clock may show either 2:33 or 2:34.

I don't think that is true. The digital clocks I have seen always shows full hour, full minute numbers. It's the analog which tend to show half minute (if seen carefully) when seconds are not complete.

In the case it has to show 2:33. And if it has to show seconds as well, then it will show 2:33:30. Unless there is evidence that the microchips for clocks come with different algorithm depending on whether to show seconds or not.

I believe the assumption here is that, when the digital clock reads 2:50 PM, it might be anywhere from 2:50:00 to 2:50:59. Since either of these can be the case, 16.5 minutes earlier might fall either between 2:33:30 and 2:34:30...

Make more sense?

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