Crossing Clock Hands #1
Logic
Level
2
In any given 12-hour period, what is the maximum number of times the minute and hour hands cross on top of one another.
The answer is 13.
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1 solution
As long as you start with the hands on top of one another (so 12:00 for instance) the hands will cross eleven times over the course of the 12-hour stretch before you end up where you started, with, once again, one hand over the other.