At 12 noon both clocks were set to the correct time. Clock A gains 3 minutes every hour and clock B loses 2 minutes every hour. Some time later they show the times in the picture. What is the correct time now?

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5:00 p.m.. A shows 5:15 and B shows 4:50, 25 minutes apart. They drift apart by 3+2=5 min per hour, so 5 hours have passed. The correct time is 12 noon + 5 h = 5:00 p.m. (A: 5:00+15 min, B: 5:00-10 min.)

At 12 noon both clocks were set to the correct time. Clock A gains 3 minutes every hour and clock B loses 2 minutes every hour. Some time later they show the times in the picture. What is the correct time now?

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