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Clock Problem Solutions and Insights

There are three common questions in clock problems: (1) when the hands are together at 0 minutes, (2) when they are perpendicular at 15 minutes, and (3) when they form a straight line at 30 minutes. The hour hand moves 1/12 the distance of the minute hand, so if the minute hand moves x minutes, the hour hand moves x/12 minutes.

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Clock Problem Solutions and Insights

There are three common questions in clock problems: (1) when the hands are together at 0 minutes, (2) when they are perpendicular at 15 minutes, and (3) when they form a straight line at 30 minutes. The hour hand moves 1/12 the distance of the minute hand, so if the minute hand moves x minutes, the hour hand moves x/12 minutes.

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Clock-related Problems

There are 12 dial units in the clock. Every time the minute hand completes 12 dials, the
hour hand moves 1 dial. Thus, if the minute hand moves by x the hour hand moves by
x/12.

Key equations:

x = distance traveled by the minute hand (in minutes)


x/12 = distance traveled by the hour hand (in minutes)

There are three common questions in clock problems; (1) time when the hands of the
clock are together, (2) time when the hands of the clock are perpendicular to each other,
and (3) time when the hands of the clock form a straight line.

The following are the distances between the hands of the clock:
(1) Together = 0
(2) Perpendicular (90 to each other) = 15 minutes
(3) Straight line (opposite each other) = 30 minutes
The table below is provided for the sake of completeness of this post.

Dial position No. of minutes

12:00 0 minute

1:00 5 minutes

2:00 10 minutes

3:00 15 minutes

4:00 20 minutes

5:00 25 minutes

6:00 30 minutes

7:00 35 minutes

8:00 40 minutes

9:00 45 minutes

10:00 50 minutes

11:00 55 minutes

12:00 60 minutes

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