1955 AHSME Problems/Problem 33

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Problem 33

Henry starts a trip when the hands of the clock are together between $8$ a.m. and $9$ a.m. He arrives at his destination between $2$ p.m. and $3$ p.m. when the hands of the clock are exactly $180^\circ$ apart. The trip takes:

$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{6 hr.}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{6 hr. 43-7/11 min.}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{5 hr. 16-4/11 min.}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{6 hr. 30 min.}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

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