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How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?
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- 24
- 22
- 21
- 20
Correct Option: B
From the properties of the clock, we know that hands of a clock coincide once in every hour but between 11 O'clock and 1 O'clock, they coincide only once. Therefore, the hands of a clock coincide 11 time in every 12 h.
Hence, they will coincide (11 x 2) = 22 times in 24 h.
89 h of this clock = 90 h of correct clock
Therefore, it is clear that in 89 h this clock losses 1 h and hence, the correct time is 11 : 00 pm when this clock shown 10 : 00 pm.