Type 8: Interchange of Hands (Clock Hands Exchange Positions) / āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Q. Ram went out between 8 and 9 o'clock and returned between 1 and 2 o'clock. The positions of the hour and minute hands had interchanged. Find the time when he returned. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Ž āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ⧝ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§§ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ⧍ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞ ?)
Soln
- Departure time → Between 8 and 9 (āĻāϞāĻžāĻ āϝā§ā§ąāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ → ā§Ž–⧝ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ)
- Return time → Between 1 and 2 (āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ → ā§§–⧍ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ)
- At the return time, the hour hand and minute hand exchanged their positions.(āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ (Interchange)āĨ¤)
Shortcut Formula / āϏāĻšāĻ āϏā§āϤā§ā§°
If the departure hour is Hâ and the return hour is Hâ, then
Return Minutes = 60(12 - H1 + H2) / 13ââ
For this question: H1 = 8 , H2 = 1 = 60(12 − 8 + 1) / 13 = 300/13 = 23 1/13 minutes
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: The return time is :- 1 : 23 1/13 minutesââ. (approximately 1:23:05)
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Practice Set – Interchange of Clock Hands : āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ – āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ā§° āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ (Interchange of Hands)
Directions: Ram went out at the first time and returned at the second time. When he returned, the hour hand and minute hand had exchanged their positions. Find the return time. (āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž: ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
1.. Ram went out between 1 and 2 o'clock and returned between 6 and 7 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§§–⧍ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Ŧ–ā§ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
2. Ram went out between 2 and 3 o'clock and returned between 7 and 8 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ⧍–ā§Š āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§–ā§Ž āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
3. Ram went out between 3 and 4 o'clock and returned between 8 and 9 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Š–ā§Ē āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Ž–⧝ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
4. Ram went out between 4 and 5 o'clock and returned between 9 and 10 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Ē–ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻ⧰⧠⧝–ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
5. Ram went out between 5 and 6 o'clock and returned between 10 and 11 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Ģ–ā§Ŧ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§§ā§Ļ–ā§§ā§§ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
Type 9: Interchange of Hands – Quick Trick (āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ – āϏāĻšāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ)
Formula: If the person leaves between Hâ and Hâ+1 and returns between Hâ and Hâ+1, then Return Minutes = 720 − 60H1 + H2 / 12 - 1/12
This formula is difficult to memorize.
Best Exam Trick (Recommended) – Interchange of Clock Hands / āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ (Interchange of Hands)
Memory Trick / āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Remember this sequence / āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻā§ āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻ 6:05 → 7:10 → 8:15 → 9:20 → 10:25 → 11:30 → 12:35 → 1:40 → 2:45 → 3:50 → 4:55
Pattern / āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ
- Start from 6:05. / ā§Ŧ:ā§Ļā§Ģā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤
- Add 1 hour and 5 minutes each time. / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžā§° ā§§ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤
- After 12:35, continue as 1:40 → 2:45 → 3:50 → 4:55. / ⧧⧍:ā§Šā§Ģā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ ā§§:ā§Ēā§Ļ → ⧍:ā§Ēā§Ģ → ā§Š:ā§Ģā§Ļ → ā§Ē:ā§Ģā§Ģ āϧāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Exam Tip / āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ
Memorize only this sequence, and you can answer most Interchange of Hands questions within seconds. (āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻ, āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ Interchange of Hands āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ⧰ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāύāϤ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤)
Note: This is a memory trick (approximate pattern) for objective exams. For questions requiring the exact mathematical time, use the standard interchange equations.
āĻāĻ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻš'āϞ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻāĻž - ā§Ŧ:ā§Ļā§Ģ → ā§:ā§§ā§Ļ → ā§Ž:ā§§ā§Ģ → ⧝:⧍ā§Ļ → ā§§ā§Ļ:⧍ā§Ģ → ā§§ā§§:ā§Šā§Ļ → ⧧⧍:ā§Šā§Ģ → ā§§:ā§Ēā§Ļ → ⧍:ā§Ēā§Ģ → ā§Š:ā§Ģā§Ļ → ā§Ē:ā§Ģā§Ģ
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϧāĻžāĻĒāϤ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Memory Trick:
Note: If your exam asks for the exact value, use the standard interchange equations. If it asks for the nearest minute (as many aptitude exams do), the above pattern is a fast memory trick.