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YOU WILL HAVE TO LIE AWAKE FOR 1 HOUR TO BE SURE OF THE TIME. THE STRIKE YOU HEARD WAS EITHER 1:00 AM OR SOME HALF HOUR. IF, AFTER ANOTHER HALF HOUR YOU HEAR TWO OR MORE STRIKES, YOU KNOW WHAT HOUR IT IS, BUT IF YOU AGAIN HEAR ONE STRIKE, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SUCCESSIVELY 12:30 AM AND 1:00 AM OR 1:00 AM AND 1:30 AM. AFTER ANOTHER HALF HOUR YOU EITHER HEAR 1 STRIKE (1:30 AM) OR TWO STRIKES (2:00 AM) 49 MINUTES. IT IS VERY TEMPTING TO JUST SUBTRACT THE TIMES 9:09 FROM 10:10, ETC., AND GET 61 MINUTES, OR IF YOU'RE CARELESS GET 101 MINUTES. HOWEVER, THINK OF THE TIMES CLOSEST TO ONE ANOTHER, 12:12 AND 1:01, AND YOU WILL FIND THE DIFFERENCE IS 49 MINUTES THE STUDENT IS DOUBLE COUNTING A LOT OF THE DAYS. A LOT OF THE TIME SPENT SLEEPING, EATING, AND RELAXING OCCURS DURING WEEKENDS AND THE SUMMER. WEEKENDS ALSO OCCUR DURING THE SUMMER, SO ALL OF THESE HOURS ARE GETTING COUNTED SEVERAL TIMES. AND, SCHOOL IS NOT AN ALL DAY AFFAIR. SO THE 4 DAYS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL. IF SCHOOL IS 6 HOURS PER DAY, THOSE FOUR DAYS REPRESENTS 16 DAYS OF SCHOOL AT 3HR 16 MIN 21.82 (SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 21 AND 22 SECONDS) SECONDS. BY THE TIME THE MINUTE HAND GETS TO 3, THE HOUR HAND WOULD HAVE MOVED A LITTLE, SO THEY WILL NOT BE EXACTLY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT 3.15PM. THE MINUTE HAND AND HOUR HAND MOVE 360 DEGREES AND 30 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY IN 60 MINUTES