Timeline for If the second hand goes backwards, starting from 12:00, how long does it take to meet with the minute hand?
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| Nov 28, 2019 at 2:13 | comment | added | Dawood ibn Kareem | You're assuming that for that last 1/120 of a second, the two hands have at the same average speed. This seems unlikely to me. Almost all the time, the second hand either travels considerably faster than the minute hand, or is stationary. | |
| Nov 27, 2019 at 15:32 | comment | added | Ver Nick | @Stiv Yeah, it's too complicated ) | |
| Nov 27, 2019 at 15:32 | comment | added | Ver Nick | @user64076 Yeah, I got it. | |
| Nov 27, 2019 at 12:23 | comment | added | user64076 | They will not meet in the half. They have different speed. | |
| Nov 27, 2019 at 12:08 | comment | added | Stiv | Will it really be in the middle of the remainder though? One is moving at 60 times the speed of the other (if both move continuously). Of course, if the second hand jumps in one second increments (like many clocks) the solution becomes more complex still... | |
| Nov 27, 2019 at 12:02 | history | answered | Ver Nick | CC BY-SA 4.0 |