Problem:

Two times a day, the minute and hour hands of a clock overlap exactly. How can you determine those exact times without using a clock?

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Solution:

The minute hand moves 12 times as fast as the hour hand. Starting at 12:00, they will first overlap about every 65 minutes, not every 60 minutes, because the hour hand moves too.