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Summary:: Is there a formula to determine when watch hands overlap?
The other day, I was sitting on the can and, as I am won't to do, pondering matters of import to the known and unknown universe at large.
During the event in question, I happened to notice my watch - and I am having the most overwhelming feeling of deja vu; let me check my past posts...
Nope, nothing there. Hmm.
Well, anyway, I looked at my watch and I wondered if there might be a formula to determine when the minutes and hour hands would overlap.
The idea is based on an analog watch with the hands moving smoothly, not something that snaps to points on the dial. It can't be anything like, well, at 3:15, both hands are 90° along the dial, because at 3:15, the minute hand is, indeed, on the three, but the hour hand is 25% of the way towards four. So, they don't overlap. And, once the minute hand has moved towards that 25% point, the hour hand has not been idle; it's moved a little bit further along, too.
My mental musings have not resulted in anything satisfactory to solve this earth-shattering problem that will bring a utopian era of peace and good will to all.
[Moderator's note: Moved from a technical forum and thus no template.]
The other day, I was sitting on the can and, as I am won't to do, pondering matters of import to the known and unknown universe at large.
During the event in question, I happened to notice my watch - and I am having the most overwhelming feeling of deja vu; let me check my past posts...
Nope, nothing there. Hmm.
Well, anyway, I looked at my watch and I wondered if there might be a formula to determine when the minutes and hour hands would overlap.
The idea is based on an analog watch with the hands moving smoothly, not something that snaps to points on the dial. It can't be anything like, well, at 3:15, both hands are 90° along the dial, because at 3:15, the minute hand is, indeed, on the three, but the hour hand is 25% of the way towards four. So, they don't overlap. And, once the minute hand has moved towards that 25% point, the hour hand has not been idle; it's moved a little bit further along, too.
My mental musings have not resulted in anything satisfactory to solve this earth-shattering problem that will bring a utopian era of peace and good will to all.
[Moderator's note: Moved from a technical forum and thus no template.]
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