document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=689727>Question 689727</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> start at 12 o'clock: what will minute hand catch the hour hand (this was a problem given to me 60 yrs ago--am I right in remembering the answer to be 16 4/11?). THANKS </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't think so, won't the minute hand catch up with the hour hand after one hr?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hour hand will be slightly passed 1 when the minute hand catches it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using degrees, one hr = 30 degrees, 1 min = 6 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let m = minutes after the hr when this happens<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hour hand degrees = min hand degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*30 = 6m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 6m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mult by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 + m = 12m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 = 12m - m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 = 11m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 60/11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 5<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes when it catches the hour hand </SPAN>\n" );
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