At what time after 4:00 PM will the hands of the clock be together?
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Hour hand takes a complete rotation of 3 6 0 ∘ in 12 hours i.e 720 minutes. so hour hand traces 2 1 ∘ in a minute.
Minute hand traces 6 ∘ in a minute. So, Angular speed of minute hand relative to hour hand is 6 − 2 1 = 2 1 1 ∘ per minute.
At 4:00 , the angle between the hour and minute hand will be 1 2 0 ∘ . so to overlap, minute hand will have to cover 1 2 0 ∘ relative to hour hand. so time taken to overlap = 2 1 1 1 2 0 = 1 1 2 4 0 = 21.81 minutes (approx.) .
Hence, they will overlap 21.81 minutes past 4.