I have 2 clocks. One shows the time as 12.00 and the other is as 12.02 am.?

Question

How long will it take for the clocks to show the same time?

Assumption
1. The clocks are running at the same speed
2. The batteries do not run out

THIS IS A NOT A TRICK Q?....ITS PURE MATHEMATICS. The clocks will surely one day read the same time.......dont give stupid answers please!!!!!

Answer 1

If the clock run at their own precise speed, I think they won't show the same time even after many many days, weeks, and even months.
It's simple, just like you're riding a car, and your friend are riding another in front of you, you're both at same speed and you two are running straight line, will you two intercept each other? Clearly the answers is no.

Answer 2

It depends how long the batteries last - once one has stopped the other will eventually show the same time (for one minutes at least! i.e. the minute that the other one stopped)...unless the second clock also stops before the two ever coincide...otherwise one will always be 2 minutes ahead of the other...

This is unless one or other clock is gaining (or losing) time...if, say, the one clock is 2 minutes fast because it gains 2 minutes a day - then eventually it will coincide with the other clock when it has transitted 12 hours of the face in incremental gains. This would take (12x60)/2 days (unless it is a 24hour clock!)

Answer 3

If you are looking at the clocks at the exact instant that one clock is about to change from 12:00:59 and the second clock has just changed from 12:01:59, then in another minute, clock 1's time needs to increase relative to clock 2 by only a miniscule amount for them both to show the same time (12:02) instantaneously.

So, either you move the clocks, such that your distance to clock 1 is decreased and/or to clock 2 is increased - giving a delay on clock 2 due to finite speed of light.

Or, have clock 1 upstairs and clock 2 downstairs; the increase in velocity of clock 1 owing to Earth's rotation will speed it up by a miniscule amount.

So the answer is near enough 1 minute.

Answer 4

2 clocks with same speed..it is just like having two identical clocks because in order for the clocks to have same speed they must have same circumference since speed is distance over time and the for the clocks to have a single turn is 60 seconds, so the circumference over 60 is its speed..and since they have same speed..circumference is also the same..therefore the clocks are identical and cannot have same time even if the batteries last for eternity..

Answer 5

You have one clock upstairs that shows 12.00, you went downstairs which took you 2 mins, so the other clock says 12.02, put them in the same room and they will both show the same time..

Answer 6

if the clocks are running at the same speed and don't stop one will always be a head by 2 minutes

Answer 7

It depends. Is one clock some percentage faster/slower than the other? Or was one clock set 2 minutes faster?

In the case of the latter, assuming they both keep synchronous time, they will always be 2 minutes apart.

Answer 8

According to relativity, it would be possible if one clock is stationary and the other is moving very quickly

Answer 9

it will take until you fix whichever clock is off by 2 minutes.

Answer 10

not interior the united kingdom they don't they pass forward on the final sunday in March and back on the final Sunday in October you should use the asserting "spring forward and Fall back" that should assist you keep in mind