One oflast week’spuzzles asked how many times per day all six digits on a 24 - hr digital clock alteration at the same time . Reader mattcoz responded , “ This one seemed too obvious , my mind would n’t accept that it was that well-fixed . ” I ’m taking this comment as a challenge .
I know why that puzzle played too easy : it was about a digital clock . An analog clock , on the other hand , is likePrimer — those who lay claim they understand it on first viewing are lying . Think you ’re adept at assure prison term ? Prove it by solving this week ’s tricky puzzle about a deformed parallel clock . If it ’s too tough , then find fault mattcoz . If it ’s still too easy , then sundials come next .
Did you miss last workweek ’s puzzle ? Check it outhere , and find its solution at the bottom of today ’s article . Be careful not to read too far ahead if you have n’t solve last hebdomad ’s yet !
Puzzle #41: Time Warp
If you swap the 60 minutes hand and the min hand on an analog clock , how many potential valid sentence can it still expose ? For example , typical clocks sometimes have both hands pointing at the 12 ( correspond to noon ) and sometimes have the long hand pointing at the 12 while the light script point now at the 6 ( corresponding to 6:00 ) , but only the former model will occur on our modified clock — what time would be display if you switch the hands at 6:00 ? It almost look like 12:30 , but the time of day bridge player should be halfway to the 1 .
illumination : The valid times do n’t have to be the correct clock time . Ignore AM and PM , just count the phone number of valid times once around the clock . The hands move continuously ( not discretely ) around the clock brass . The clock has no second handwriting .
While we ’re futzing with clocks , rig your alarms for Monday at 7:30 AM , because I ’ll be back with the solution and a Modern puzzle . Do you make out a cool puzzle that you think should be sport here ? Message me on X@JackPMurtaghor netmail me at[email protect ]
Solution to Puzzle #40: 1% Questions
Shout - out to MostDispleased for break into the 1 % cabaret onlast week’steasers .
interrogative 1 : In the following succession , what do the letters V and C stand for ?
V C C C V ampere-second vitamin C C V C deoxycytidine monophosphate C C C fivesome deoxycytidine monophosphate C C C C quintet C carbon C C one C
The V stomach for Vowel and the C for Consonant . There are 26 alphabetic character and the Vs are in the same locations as the vowels in the alphabet .
Question 2 : On a digital 24 - hour clock ( military meter ) that display 60 minutes , minute , and bit , how many times in each 24 - hr period do all six finger deepen at the same time ?
All six digit change at the same time three times in a 24 - hour period : from 09:59:59 to 10:00:00 , from 19:59:59 to 20:00:00 , and from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 .
doubt 3 :
Jamaica + Japan = 124
Argentina + Armenia = 1245
France + Brazil = 23
England + Germany = ?
56 . Jamaica + Japan = 124 because Jamaica and Japan hold the same letter in their first , second , and 4th berth ( J , a , and a ) . France + Brazil = 23 because they have the same missive in their 2nd and third positions ( r and a ) . England and Germany ’s letter of the alphabet concur in their fifth and sixth position .
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