The hands of a clock are together at noon. Find the next exact time they are together

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<p>How many times between noon and midnight are both hands of a clock together?</p>

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<p>11</p>

<p>1:05, 2:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:25, 6:30, 7:35, 8:40, 9:45, 10:50, and 11:55.</p>

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<p>wrong for both questions
but i truly do appreciate your philanthropic efforts
try again</p>

<p>at 11:55, the minute hand is directly over 11 but the hour hand is ahead</p>

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<p>10 times</p>

<p>ah this stupid minimal size message thing is so annoying</p>

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<p>nevermind, its 10</p>

<p>1:05:27
2:10:54</p>

<p>etc...</p>

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<p>Haha I knew it seemed too easy to be true.</p>

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<p>2? wordswhatever</p>

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<p>ok so what exactly was the point of the post... to see if cc'ers could get a 4th grade question right?</p>

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<p>He's just cheating on his math extra credit that he was supposed to do himself, without any assistance.</p>

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<p>wow i hate you... lol</p>

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<p>I've seen this on Tournament of Towns. A Barron(or some fancy person) has a watch w/ any markers. If he knows the time when the two hands are together, for how long can he know the time w/o any markers?</p>