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the minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 66 minutes of the correct time how much in a way does the clock gain or lose?


Nithya 20th Aug, 2020
Answer (1)
Prabhav Sharma 25th Aug, 2020

Hello,

Please refer to the below formula whenever there is an overtaking of a minute hand and loss/gain of time involved:

(720/11-M)(24*60/M) min

where M= intervals of n minutes of correct time

Now, the minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 66 minutes of the correct time, therefore putting the value of m = 66 in the above equation, we get time gain or lose as:

(720/11-66)(24*60/66)

= - 1440/121 mins

Therefore, the clock will lose 1440/121 mins in 24 hours (Answer)

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