A watch showed a time of fourteen minutes past nine (9 hrs and 14 mins). The positions of the hour-hand and the minute-hand of the watch are exactly interchanged. The new time shown by the watch is closest to which one of the following?

• Twelve minutes to three
• Thirteen minutes to three
• Fourteen minutes to three
• Fifteen minutes to three

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