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To: OneWingedShark
•How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap?
23 or 24, basically once an hour, it depends on if you're counting 000-2359:59, or 0000-2400.

This is not exactly true. The question doesn't say how many hours it takes your planet to rotate around its axis once. Also it doesn't define the length of the day, as opposed to the length of the night. Those are important details :-)

25 posted on 06/22/2013 9:23:14 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: Greysard
The question doesn't say how many hours it takes your planet to rotate around its axis once. Also it doesn't define the length of the day, as opposed to the length of the night. Those are important details :-)

It also doesn't take into consideration the second hand. Since the question is unclear as to which hands are included, there cannot be a correct answer.

36 posted on 06/22/2013 10:34:40 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for anti-American criminals!!)
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To: Greysard; OneWingedShark
•How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap?

I'd say that the hands overlap at all times at the center of the clock.

41 posted on 06/22/2013 11:32:48 PM PDT by PuzzledInTX (Everything will be OK in the end. If it is not OK, then it isn't the end.)
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To: Greysard

The answer is zero. I used a digital clock.


49 posted on 06/23/2013 7:01:00 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (The Stupid Party, they've earned it.)
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