At $t$ minutes past 2 pm, the time needed by the minutes hand of a clock to show 3 pm, was found to be 3 minutes less than $\dfrac{t^2}{4}$ minutes. Find $t$

Question

$\begin{array}{1 1} (a)\; t=10 \\ (b)\; t=12 \\ (c)\;t=14 \\ (d)\; t=16 \end{array}$