Puzzle – Clock

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

It's 3 O'Clock. What will be the time when the minute and hour hands are next in the same position (coincident)? [expand title=Answer] The Plodder's way: Let's start with the minute hand at the 12 and hour hand at the 3. Let's call x the number of minute ...

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Saturday, June 14th, 2008

A few more brainteasers.. Some of these are from Heard on the Street - a book of interview questions for Quants I'm trying to get through. Well worth a read if you're into this sort of thing... 1. Two ropes of different lengths, and you know that if you were to ...