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2022 HMNT, 1

Tags: clock
Emily’s broken clock runs backwards at five times the speed of a regular clock. Right now, it is displaying the wrong time. How many times will it display the correct time in the next 24 hours? It is an analog clock (i.e. a clock with hands), so it only displays the numerical time, not AM or PM. Emily’s clock also does not tick, but rather updates continuously.

1995 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 2

Tags: algebra , clock
Botvid left home between $4$ and $5$ for a short visit to Amanda. When he came back between $5$ and $6$, he found that the hands of the clock had changed places. What time was it?

2019 India PRMO, 10

Tags: algebra , clock , time
One day I went for a walk in the morning at $x$ minutes past $5'O$ clock, where $x$ is a 2 digit number. When I returned, it was $y$ minutes past $6'O$ clock, and I noticed that (i) I walked for exactly $x$ minutes and (ii) $y$ was a 2 digit number obtained by reversing the digits of $x$. How many minutes did I walk?