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    angeleyez89 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 7, 2010, 04:21 AM
    How soon after 6 o'clock will the hands of the clock be together?
    Can I have detailed answers? Please and thank you.
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    Sep 7, 2010, 04:50 AM

    6 hours at 12 o'clock. Really, how more detailed can that get anyway?
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    Sep 7, 2010, 10:15 AM

    The hands will first be aligned just before 6:33. Here's how to calculate:

    The distance that the minute hand travels in x minutes is x/60 of a rotation. In that same time the hour hand moves x/(12*60) of a full rotation. Since the hour hand starts a half rotation ahead, they align when:

    Hour hand = Minute hand
    1/2 + x/(12*60) = x/60.

    Solve for x, and you'll find it's 32 minutes plus a bit, so convert that extra bit to seconds.

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