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And the clock goes round 2 (Posted on 2023-04-28) Difficulty: 3 of 5
When the Swiss didn't have so much experience yet with making clocks, a painful mistake was made with a church clock. The clock was officially put into use when it showed 6 o'clock. But soon it was noticed that the hour hand and minute hand had been interchanged and attached to the wrong axes.

The result was that the hour hand moved with a speed precisely 23 times higher than the minute hand. When the clock maker arrived, a remarkable thing happened: on the moment he inspected the clock, it showed exactly the right time again.

If the clock started at 6 o'clock in the correct position, then what was the first moment that it showed the correct time again?

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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re(3): Solution ?Kenny M2023-04-30 09:01:25
re(2): Solution ?Larry2023-04-30 00:34:34
re: Solution ?Kenny M2023-04-29 06:30:48
SolutionSolution ?Larry2023-04-28 12:05:04
re: Question?Larry2023-04-28 11:03:16
Question?Kenny M2023-04-28 10:34:29
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