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Two bells ring at intervals of 9 minutes and 10 minutes, respectively. If they ring together at 8:00 AM, after how many minutes will they next ring together again?

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RRB Group D 2025 Question Paper (18-Aug-2026) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

90 minutes

The bells ring together again after the LCM of 9 and 10 minutes.

9 and 10 have no common factor, so LCM = 90.

Hence, the answer is 90 minutes.

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