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Introduction:-
The shape of a clock is generally
circular shaped & is divided in to 12
equal parts. According to angle wise
the circle consists of 360 degree. So
angle wise a clock is 360 degree &
each part is 30 degree. The
circumference of a clock is divided in
to 60 equal spaces so each part is 5
minute spaces.
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In one hour, when the minute hand of clock
moves around the whole circumference
which is 60 minute spaces, the hour hand
moves 5 minute spaces. As they move in
the same direction, the minute hand gains
55 minute spaces over the hour hand in 60
minutes. So that, the minute hand gains 11
minute spaces in 12 minutes.
So from the above one ,
the minute hand gains 1 minute space over
the hour hand in 1+1/11 minutes
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SOME IMPORTANT POINTS:
(i) If both the hands start moving together from the same position,
both the hands will coincide after 65+5/11 minutes.
(ii) In every hour, both the hands coincide once. In 12 hour they
coincide 11 times & in a day 22 times since there is a common
position at 12 o'clock.
(iii) The hands of a clock are at right angles twice in every hour, but in
12 hours they are at right angles 22 times & in a day 44 times
since there are two common positions in every 12 hours. In these
positions the hands are 15 minute spaces apart.
(iv The hands of a clock are opposite in directions once in every hour
& in these position, the hands are 30 minutes apart.
(v) In 1 minute when the minute hand moves 6 degrees, the hour
hand moves 1/2 degree. (As 360 degree of the circle is divided in
to 60 minutes.)
Thus, in 1 minute the minute hand gains 5+1/2 degrees.
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Too Fast And Too Slow:
If a watch indicates 9.20, when the
correct time is 9.10, it is said to be 10
minutes too fast. And if it indicates
9.00, when the correct time is 9.10, it
is said to be 10 minutes too slow.
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EXAMPLE:
At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock
are the hands of the clock together?
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Solution:
At 4 o’clock, the hour hand is at 4 and the minute
hand is at 12. It means that they are 20 min
spaces apart. To be together, the minute hand
must gain 20 minutes over the hour hand.
Now, we know that 55 [Link] gained in 1+1/11 min.
Therefore, 20 min are gained in 20 20/11 =21 9/11
min.
Therefore, the hands will be together at 21 9/11
min past 4.
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QUESTION:
At what time between 3 & 4 o'clock
will the hands of a clock are 5
minutes apart?
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Solution:
At 3 o'clock, the hands are 15 minutes apart. In
this case there are two cases to be 5 minutes
apart.
Case: I
when the minute hand is 5 minutes behind the
hour hand.
In this case, the minute hand has to gain 10
minutes spaces in 10+10/11 minutes.
So the time is 10 10/11 minutes past 3 o’clock.
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Case ii:
When the minute hand is 5 minutes ahead
of the hour hand.
In this case the minute hand has to gain
15+5 i.e.20 minutes in 20+20/11 minutes
i.e.21 9/11 minutes.
So the time is 21 9/11 minutes past 3
o’clock.
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QUESTION:
At what time between 4 & 5 o’clock will the
hands of a clock are at right angle?
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Solution:
At 4 o’clock both the hands are 20 minutes apart.
When they are at right angle they are 15minutes
apart & this is possible in two cases.
Case i:
When the minute hand is 15 minutes behind the
hour hand.
In this case the minute hand has to gain 5
minutes spaces which are possible in 5+5/11
minutes.
So the time is 5 5/11minutes past 4 o’clock.
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Case ii:
When the minute hand is 15 minutes ahead
of the hour hand.
In this case the minute hand has to gain
20+15 =35 minutes spaces in 35+35/11
minutes.
So the time is 38 2/11 minutes past 4
o'clock
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QUESTION:
At what time between 4 & 5 o’clock
will the hands of a clock are in
opposite direction?
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Solution:-
At 4 o’clock both the hands are 20 minutes
apart .But when they are opposite in
direction they are 30 minutes apart.
In this case the minute hand has to gain
20+30=50 minutes spaces. (As hands can
not move in anti clock wise)
So the minute hand can gain these 50
minutes in 50+50/11 minutes.
There fore at 54 6/11minutes past 4
o’clock they are in opposite in direction.
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QUESTION:
A watch, which gains uniformly, is 2
minutes slow at noon on Sunday,
and is 4 minutes 48 seconds fast at 2
p.m. on the following Sunday. When
was it correct?
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Solution:-
According to the question, the watch gains
2minutes+4 minutes 48 seconds i.e.6 4/5 minutes
or 3 4/5 minutes in 170 hour. (As the duration of
the time from 12 noon on Sunday to2 p.m. on the
following Sunday is 170 hours)
The watch was correct when it gains the slow
time of 2 minutes. So the watch gains these 2
minutes slow in 2*(5/34)*170 i.e. in 50 hours.
These 50 hours = 2days & 2 hours. So the watch
was correct after 2 days 2 hours from Sunday
noon, i.e. at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
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QUESTION:
A watch, which gains 5 seconds every 3
minutes, is set right at 6 a.m. What is the
true time in the afternoon of the same day
when the watch indicates a quarter past
3?
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Solution:-
According to the wrong clock, when the time is 3
minutes 5 seconds it is 3 minutes on the correct
clock.
The wrong clock, in 3 minutes 5 seconds gains
5seconds. So in 9 hours 15 minutes, it gains 15
minutes. (As from 6 a.m. to quarter past 3, the
duration is 9 hours 15 minutes)
Hence the true time is 15 minutes behind 15
minutes past 3 i.e. 3 p.m.
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QUESTION:
How much time does a clock gain or
loses per day if its hands coincide
every 66 minutes?
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Solution:-
In correct clock both hands coincide at an
interval of 65 5/11 minutes.
So in this case, in 66 minutes the clock
loses 6/11 minutes...
In 1 hour or 60 minutes the clock lose
( 6/11)*(1/66)*60 minutes.
So in a day in 24 hours the clock lose
(6/11)*(1/66)*60*24=1440/121 minutes.
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QUESTION:
A clock loses 5 seconds an hour and is set
right Sunday at noon. What time will it
indicate on the following Monday at noon?
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Solution:-
According to this wrong clock when the
time is 59 minutes 55 seconds, it is 60
minutes in correct clock.
The wrong clock, in 59 minutes 55
seconds loses 5 seconds.
So in 24 hours, it loses 120 seconds or 2
minutes.
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A clock is set right at 8 am. The clock
gains 10 minutes in 24 hours. What
will be the true time when the clock
indicates 1 pm on the following day?
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Solution:-
Time from 8 am on a day to 1 pm on the
following day is 29 hrs.
Now, 24 hrs 10 min of this clock are the
same as 24 hrs of the correct clock.
In 145/6 hrs of this clock, it gains 10
minutes.
In 29 hrs of this clock, it gains 12 min.
So, the correct time is12 min behind
1 pm i.e. 48 min past 12.
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QUESTION:
A clock is set right at 4 a.m. The clock
loses 20 min in 24 hours. What will be the
true time when the clock indicates 3 a.m.
on 4th day?
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Solution:-
Time from 4 am to 3 am on 3rd day = 24*3-1 = 71
hrs.
Now, 23 2/3 = 71/3 hrs 40 min of this clock = 24
hrs of correct clock.
So in a gap of 71/3 hrs, the clock loses 20
minutes.
Therefore, in 71 hrs of this clock, it loses = 60
minutes.
So, the correct time is 1 hr ahead of 3 am i.e. 4
am.
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QUESTION:
Find the angle between both the hands at
the time 8:25.
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Solution:
At 8:25, the minute hand is at 5 & hour hand is
for 25 minutes space ahead of 8.
From 5 to 8 there are 3 parts which is 90 0.
When the hour hand moves from 1 part to the
next part in terms of minutes it is 60 minutes
for which the angle is 300
Then for the hour hand for 25 min is 12.5 o.
So the total angle is 102.50