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H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) No. 65 · Puzzles · Age & time puzzles

The Railway Station Clock

A clock hangs on the wall of a railway station, 71 ft. 9 in. long and 10 ft. 4 in. high. Those are the dimensions of the wall, not of the clock! While waiting for a train we noticed that the hands of the clock were pointing in opposite directions, and were parallel to one of the diagonals of the wall. What was the exact time?

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H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) · No. 65

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