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Like Clockwork (Posted on 2004-02-27)

A clock's minute hand has length 4 and its hour hand length 3.

What is the distance between the tips at the moment when it is increasing most rapidly?

See The Solution Submitted by DJ

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re(3): Spreadsheet solution.

| Comment 7 of 36 |

(In reply to re(2): Spreadsheet solution. by Richard)

Were you intending that first character to be a letter e with a grave accent? ... It's showing up that way at least on my browser, and it shows up where I had intended a theta, using that toolbar.

Posted by Charlie on 2004-02-27 17:11:02

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