What time is it?

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Umang Vidyarthi

Friends,

If the hour and minute hands are equidistant from the 6 hour, what is the exact time?

Umang :D
 
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samsung

Friends,

If the hour and minute hands are equidistant from the 6 hour, what is the exact time?

Umang :D

It could be 12 AM or 12 PM or 9:15 or 10:10 or anything assuming both hands are of the same length. But I can guess the answer is not as easy as I thought it to be. Isn't it?
 

Randy

Super Moderator
1:05, 2:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:25, 7:35, 8:40, 9:45; 10:50, 11:55, 12:00 You might even say 6:30 because the distance is = 0
 
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NoAvailableUserName

It is one of ...
12:00, 12 and 12/13ths of an hour
1 and 1/11th of an hour, 1 and 11/13ths of an hour
2 and 2/11th of an hour, 1 and 10/13ths of an hour
3 and 3/11th of an hour, 1 and 9/13ths of an hour
4 and 4/11th of an hour, 1 and 8/13ths of an hour
5 and 5/11th of an hour, 1 and 7/13ths of an hour
6 and 6/11th of an hour, 1 and 6/13ths of an hour
7 and 7/11th of an hour, 1 and 5/13ths of an hour
8 and 8/11th of an hour, 1 and 4/13ths of an hour
9 and 9/11th of an hour, 1 and 3/13ths of an hour
10 and 10/11th of an hour, 1 and 2/13ths of an hour
11 and 1/13ths of an hour
 
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NoAvailableUserName

Friends,

If the hour and minute hands are equidistant from the 6 hour, what is the exact time?

Umang :D
At 12:00 the minute hand and the hour hand occupy the same spot, and there for are equidistant from the 6 on the clock.

I am fairly certain that it is one of the solutions to question.
 
At 12:00 the minute hand and the hour hand occupy the same spot, and there for are equidistant from the 6 on the clock.
Not really: The minute hand is taller than the hour hand (this is a trick question after all). :cool:

Disregarding the above and just concentrating on angles, I would say: at any time the minute hand and the hour hand overlap, which would be 22 times in 24 hours.

/Claes
 
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Geoff Withnell

1:05, 2:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:25, 7:35, 8:40, 9:45; 10:50, 11:55, 12:00 You might even say 6:30 because the distance is = 0

Actually, these times are incorrect, because the hour hand has moved, forex when it is 1:05, the minute hand is pointed at the numeral 1, but the hour hand, which was pointed at the numeral one AT 1:00, has now moved slightly past 1.

Geoff Withnell
 
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NoAvailableUserName

Not really: The minute hand is taller than the hour hand (this is a trick question after all). :cool:
Nope, that would make it an ill-defined unsolvable problem. If you want that, you need to mention how much longer the minute hand is.

Disregarding the above and just concentrating on angles, I would say: at any time the minute hand and the hour hand overlap, which would be 22 times in 24 hours.
Not good enough, that misses over half of the solutions.
 
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