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Coincident Clock Hands

Appeared in Volume 9/4, November 1996

If the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand of a clock all coincide, it is easy to show that the time must be either noon or midnight. At what times between 12:00:05pm and 11:59:55pm do the three clock hands all lie within the smallest possible angle?

Barry Wolk
wolk@ccm.umanitoba.ca

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