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Answer: 1/6 of a second is lost per minute. Explanation as well as checking of the answer. It loses 4 min per 24 hours which is 4/24 or 1/6 of a minute lost per hour 1/6 of a minute is 10 seconds since there are 60 seconds in a minute 10 seconds is lost per hour and 1 minute is 1/60 of an hour since there are 60 minutes in an hours so 10 sec x 1/60 is 10/60 or 1/6 of a second lost per minute Now let's check the answer. 60 min per hour x 24 hours is 1440 minutes per hours. 1/6 of second per minute x 1440=240 second lost per day which is 4 minutes.

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