We find the length of the arc followed by the needle. For this, we first need to convert the subtended angle to radians: 96/∅ = 180/π ∅ = 1.68 rad S = r∅ S = 24 x 1.68 Distance covered by needle = 40.32 cm
If the clock loses 1 second every hour that passes then after 4 hours it will be 4 seconds off, 5 hours will be 5 seconds off, etc. It would continue and turn into minutes and hours off.