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Ten to nine on a digital clock is displayed as 8:50. This indicates that it is ten minutes before nine o'clock. The hour remains as eight, and the minutes show fifty.
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'Twenty to five' . Means 'twenty minutes before five o'clock'. Or ' Forty minutes past four o'clock'. On the analogue clock the minute ( large) finger will be pointing at '8' or 'VIII'. The hour (smaller) finger will be pointing between four and five. On the digital clock it will be '0440' (morning) or '1640' (afternoon). NB The phrase 'o'clock' is an historical corruption for 'of the clock'.
In a 24-hour clock system, the time 17 minutes to 9 is equivalent to 8:43, as there are 60 minutes in an hour. To calculate the time 17 minutes before 9, you subtract 17 minutes from 9, resulting in 8:43. Therefore, both 17 minutes to 9 and 43 minutes past 8 represent the same time on a clock.
It is time to get the hands on the clock realigned!If the little hand is at "3 minutes to 6" then that suggests a time between 5:00 and 5:30 - around 5:24. At that time, the big hand cannot be on 8.