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A clock is observed. The hour hand is exactly at the minute mark and the minute hand is six minutes ahead of it. Later, the clock is observed again. This time, the hour hand is exactly on a different minute mark and the minute hand is seven minutes ahead of it. How much time elapsed between the first and the second observations?
  • a)
    12 min
  • b)
    1 hr 24 min
  • c)
    2 hr 12 min
  • d)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?
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A clock is observed. The hour hand is exactly at the minute mark and ...
To solve this problem, we need to analyze the movements of the hour and minute hands of the clock in both observations.

First Observation:
- The hour hand is exactly at the minute mark, indicating that the time is at a whole hour.
- The minute hand is six minutes ahead of the hour hand.
- Let's assume that the time is h:00, where h represents the whole hour.
- At h:00, the hour hand is exactly at the minute mark, while the minute hand is at the 6-minute mark.
- The minute hand moves 360 degrees in 60 minutes, which means it moves 6 degrees per minute.
- The hour hand moves 30 degrees in 60 minutes, which means it moves 0.5 degrees per minute.
- If the minute hand is 6 minutes ahead of the hour hand, it means it has covered an additional 6 * 6 = 36 degrees.
- Therefore, the minute hand is at the 6 + 36 = 42-minute mark.
- The hour hand is still at the minute mark, indicating that the time is still h:00.

Second Observation:
- The hour hand is exactly on a different minute mark, indicating that the time has changed to a different whole hour.
- The minute hand is seven minutes ahead of the hour hand.
- Let's assume that the time is k:00, where k represents the new whole hour.
- At k:00, the hour hand is on a different minute mark, while the minute hand is at the 7-minute mark.
- Similar to the first observation, the minute hand moves 6 degrees per minute, and the hour hand moves 0.5 degrees per minute.
- If the minute hand is 7 minutes ahead of the hour hand, it means it has covered an additional 7 * 6 = 42 degrees.
- Therefore, the minute hand is at the 7 + 42 = 49-minute mark.
- The hour hand is now on a different minute mark, indicating that the time is k:00.

Time Elapsed between the Observations:
- The difference in the minute marks between the two observations is 49 - 42 = 7 minutes.
- However, the hour hand has also moved from h:00 to k:00, which indicates a time difference of k - h = 1 hour.
- Therefore, the total time elapsed between the first and second observations is 1 hour + 7 minutes = 1 hour 7 minutes.
- Since 1 hour is equal to 60 minutes, the total time elapsed is 60 + 7 = 67 minutes.
- Converting this to hours and minutes, we get 1 hour 7 minutes = 1 hr 7 min.

Therefore, the correct answer is option (c) 2 hr 12 min.
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A clock is observed. The hour hand is exactly at the minute mark and ...
The hour hand is exactly on a minute mark five times per hour - on the hour, twelve minutes past the hour, twenty four minutes past, thirty six minutes past and forty eight minutes past. There are 60 divisions on a clock. Let the first division be 1, which is just next to 12.
Let X be the number of hours and Y be the number of minutes past the hour. When the hour hand is on a minute mark, the position of the hour hand is on the division and the position of the minute hand is on Y.
On the first occasion, This is equivalent to 60X = 11Y - 72.
Since Y can only take one of the values in the set {0, 12, 24, 36, 48}, it can be determined that the only legal values for the equation are X = 1 and Y = 12.
So, the time is 1:12.
Similarly, the second occasion's equation is 60X = 11Y - 84.
The only legal values here are X = 3 and Y = 24.
So, the time is 3:24.
Between 1:12 and 3:24, two hours and twelve minutes have elapsed.
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