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minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoThe tenth hour of the day goes from 9:00 to 10:00. So quarter of ten is 9:15. I don’t know how one would explain the other possibilities, but this is the correct answer. Imagine it as a glass of water that gets filled for each hour. Once it is full, the hour has been reached.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoExcept it’s not. The actual answer is 9:45. It’s a stupid way of describing time.
The tenth hour of the day goes from 9:00 to 10:00.
So quarter of ten is 9:15. I don’t know how one would explain the other possibilities, but this is the correct answer.
Imagine it as a glass of water that gets filled for each hour. Once it is full, the hour has been reached.
Except it’s not. The actual answer is 9:45. It’s a stupid way of describing time.