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February 27th, 2017, 07:07 PM | #1 |
Senior Member Joined: May 2015 From: Arlington, VA Posts: 341 Thanks: 26 Math Focus: Number theory | Strange time
If the time is 23:59:59 Military time, what time is it on an eight-hour clock?
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February 27th, 2017, 07:19 PM | #2 |
Global Moderator Joined: Oct 2008 From: London, Ontario, Canada - The Forest City Posts: 7,788 Thanks: 1037 Math Focus: Elementary mathematics and beyond |
One second before eight o'clock, I guess.
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February 27th, 2017, 07:25 PM | #3 |
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February 27th, 2017, 07:52 PM | #4 |
Senior Member Joined: May 2015 From: Arlington, VA Posts: 341 Thanks: 26 Math Focus: Number theory |
I thought that an eight-hour clock would not have eights or nines, something like base 8. Also, I pictured a minute having 40 seconds and an hour having 40 minutes. I guess one way to start would be to calculate how many seconds were in 23:59:59 and follow these premises. I don't believe it's as easy as per usual subtracting one second off of a standard clock. |
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February 28th, 2017, 01:16 AM | #5 |
Senior Member Joined: Apr 2014 From: Glasgow Posts: 2,099 Thanks: 703 Math Focus: Physics, mathematical modelling, numerical and computational solutions |
You'd have to pick a point where you define the clocks to be the same value (say, 00:00 at midnight) and then just count up the seconds from there.
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February 28th, 2017, 01:35 AM | #6 | |
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