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 ==== Revolutions ==== ==== Revolutions ====
-The hour hand makes 2 revolutions per day, while the minute hand makes 24 revolutions - so it passes the hour hand 22 times. To put it another way: during each hour the hands pass each other once, except for 11:00-12:00 and 23:00-24:00 when the minute hand "catches up" with the hour hand at the end of the hour. [([[https://nrich.maths.org/590/solution|Maths]])]+A clock's hour hand makes two revolutions per day, while the minute hand makes 24 revolutions — so it passes the hour hand 22 times. To put it another way, during each hour the hands pass each other once, except for 11:00-12:00 and 23:00-24:00 hours, when the minute hand "catches up" with the hour hand at the end of the hour. [([[https://nrich.maths.org/590/solution|Maths]])]
  
 ==== Ellipsoid ==== ==== Ellipsoid ====
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