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What is the Time? (Posted on 2023-09-12)

The two hands of a clock are so situated that, reckoning as minute points past XII, one is exactly the square of the distance of the other.

Determine all possible times that conform to the given conditions.

**** Adapted from an original problem by H. E. Dudeney.

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Now, let's consider the movement suika game of the clock hands. In one hour (60 minutes), the minute hand covers 360 degrees, and the hour hand covers 30 degrees. The minute hand moves 6 degrees per minute (360/60), and the hour hand moves 0.5 degrees per minute (30/60).

Posted by laura lorde on 2023-12-01 20:51:16

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