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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

I have two old watches, my grandfather's watch and my father's watch. My grandfather's watch loses 5 minutes every hour and my father's watch gains 5 minutes every hour. Yesterday, I set them both to the correct time at 09:00 pm. When I woke up the next morning, my grandfather's watch showed 08:00. What time did my father's watch show at that moment?

(A) 09:0009{:}00 (B) 09:3009{:}30 (C) 10:0010{:}00 (D) 10:3010{:}30 (E) 11:0011{:}00

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