Clocks: How many times a day does the bigger hand cover the little one? - clocks
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If your hands are at midday / midnight, the hour hand covers the hour hand - even if, like many other times when they really on top of each other? An example would be 6:30, but not in a clock or clock. Good luck!
In just a period of 24 hours from midnight to midnight, there are 25 crossing points of the hands.
ReplyDeleteMidnight at noon on the following midnight, more than an hour in any medium.
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POSTSCRIPT:
Once removed, and although this issue is the answer really 23 steps in a precise period of 24 hours. Thus: --
00.00 - Midnight
01.05
02.11
03.16
04.21
05.27
06.32
07.38
08.43
09.49
10.54
12:00 - Noon
13.05
14.11
15.16
16.21
17.27
18.32
19.38
20.43
21.49
22.54
00.00 - Midnight
Other times of 12, morning and evening, are of course approximate.
It merely demonstrates that seemingly simple question, which often turns out to be more complicated than anything!
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