Middle School Logic Question: What Time Does the Image Show?

When you look at this strange clock, you may think that it is impossible to tell what time it is, but when you focus on details solution is possible.

If you manage to solve it, you can be sure that you will feel like Sherlock. Even if you can’t solve it, you won’t be able to appreciate the way to the answer. Let’s see “Russian time problem” Can you solve this known question?

A girl named Dima sees a strange clock in the museum.

• The watch has no numbers.
• It is unclear which side is top and bottom side.
• Moreover, the shape of the hour, minute and second hands is the same.
• But still this watch works like a standard watch!

Before looking at the answer, let’s suggest that you think about the working of clocks and try to solve the question accordingly.

Can’t solve it? Then comes a hint:

The hands indicate Look carefully at the dials. This way you can find out which scorpion it is.

If the coin still hasn’t dropped, let’s clear the way to the answer a little more. First, let’s name each needle with letters.

The A and C hands are located directly above the large dials. The absence of B is an important detail.

If either A or C was an hour hand, the minute and second hands should overlap at 12 (since they are right above the dials). We see that such a situation does not occur.

So we can conclude that B must be a scorpion. Because it’s not right on any dial. B=Scorpio

So how do we know which hands A and C are? Let’s first assume that A is the second hand and C is the minute hand.

Since C is right above the dial A needs to point to exactly 12. In this probability, which we assume as the minute hand, the hour must be “10 past” since the C hand points to 2.

But it seems that this cannot happen due to the position of B (the scorpion). because Should have been closer to 6.

Let’s imagine the opposite this time: Let’s assume A as the minute hand and C as the second hand.

This time the C (second hand) will point to 12. This means that A (the minute hand) points to 10. well “50 past”in other words “there are 10” should be interpreted as

B (scorpio) seems quite logical as it approaches 5. We figured out which hands are:

• B = Scorpio
• A = minute hand
• C = Second hand

We found that the time was 4:50. What about night or day?

To the question “A girl named Dima sees a strange clock in the museum.” we started. Since the museums are closed at 4:50 am, the exact time is not determined. 16:50 We can say it is.