Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/59 - Mistaking the Hands
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $59$
- Mistaking the Hands
- "Between two and three o'clock yesterday," said Colonel Crackham,
- "I looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand,
- and consequently the time appeared to be fifty-five minutes earlier than it actually was.
- What was the correct time?"
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Clock Puzzles: $59$. -- Mistaking the Hands
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Clock Puzzles: $51$. Mistaking the Hands