Asmita reaches school for a meeting 15 minutes before 8.30 am. She reached half an hour earlier than her colleague who is 40 minutes late for meeting. What is the scheduled time of the meeting ?

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Asmita reaches school for a meeting 15 minutes before 8:30 am, which means she arrives at 8:15 am. She arrives half an hour earlier than her colleague, who is 40 minutes late for the meeting. To find the scheduled time of the meeting, we need to determine when her colleague was supposed to arrive.

1. **Determine the colleague's arrival time:**
   - Asmita arrives at 8:15 am.
   - She arrives 30 minutes earlier than her colleague.
   - Therefore, her colleague arrives at 8:15 am + 30 minutes = 8:45 am.

2. **Determine the scheduled meeting time:**
   - The colleague is 40 minutes late.
   - Therefore, the scheduled meeting time is 8:45 am - 40 minutes = 8:05 am.

Thus, the scheduled time of the meeting is 8:05 am, which corresponds to Option 4.

**Explanation of why other options are incorrect:**

- **Option 1 (8:15 am):** This is the time Asmita arrives, not the scheduled meeting time. Since her colleague is late, the meeting must have been scheduled earlier than 8:15 am.

- **Option 2 (9:10 am):** This time is much later than when both Asmita and her colleague arrive. It does not align with the information that the colleague is 40 minutes late.

- **Option 3 (8:45 am):** This is the time when the colleague arrives, not the scheduled meeting time. Since the colleague is late, the meeting must have been scheduled earlier than 8:45 am.

Therefore, based on the given information and logical reasoning, Option 4 (8:05 am) is the correct answer.