Clock angles - 5

Geometry Level 3

Jimmy looks at his clock at 9:18a.m. After x x minutes, he notices that the hour hand lies exactly on the minute hand.

x x can be written as a b c a\frac{b}{c} where b b and c c are relatively prime.

Find a + b + c a+b+c


The answer is 43.

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1 solution

Aditya Ranjan
Aug 28, 2014

30H -(11M/2)=Angle Between the hands here H -> hour (9) and M -> minute since both hand meet so angle=0 so, 30x9 - (11M/2)=0 on solving M=540/11 thus x=(540/11) - 18 =31(1/11) a+b+c=31+1+11=43

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