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Pentagonal Time (Posted on 2022-01-30) Difficulty: 2 of 5
The current time is between 1 o'clock and 12 o'clock in a wall clock and both the minute hand and the hour hand are situated precisely on two distinct minute marks.

It is observed that the hour hand is precisely a pentagonal number of minute marks ahead of the 12 hour mark. The number of minute marks by which the hour hand is ahead of the minute hand is also a pentagonal number greater than 1.

Determine the current time from the information provided in the above statements.

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Some Thoughtsre(3): soln, nowK Sengupta2024-03-26 00:34:32
No SubjectK Sengupta2022-04-05 22:18:28
re(2): soln, nowjohnbend2022-04-05 21:54:11
No Subjectjohnbend2022-04-05 21:53:01
finally, soln!Steven Lord2022-01-30 22:56:22
Hints/Tipsre: soln, nowK Sengupta2022-01-30 16:34:25
soln, nowSteven Lord2022-01-30 15:55:47
Some ThoughtsCORRIGENDUMK Sengupta2022-01-30 12:15:24
Hints/Tipsre: possibly no solution?Consider the two statements:K Sengupta2022-01-30 11:46:37
possibly no solution?Steven Lord2022-01-30 09:59:25
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