Ten Green Bottles

Do you know the rhyme about ten green bottles hanging on a wall? If the first bottle fell at ten past five and the others fell down at 5 minute intervals, what time would the last bottle fall down?
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Ten green bottles hanging on a wall

Ten green bottles hanging on a wall

If one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'd be nine green bottles hanging on the wall

Nine green bottles .....
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Ten Green Bottles
If the first bottle fell at ten past five in the morning ($5.10$ a.m.) and the others fell down at $5$ minute intervals, what would the time be when the last bottle fell down?