Let t denote the time at which the two hands of the clock meet.
Measuring angles clockwise from 12 o'clock, at time t the minute
hand has swept out an angle of
while the hour hand has swept out an angle of
/2 +
/12. Solving for
gives
=
(6/11)
. This gives a time of
3:16:21.8181...
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