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The Stuck Clock

Adobe Apple Logic Lateral Thinking

Problem Statement

A wall clock stops working and gets stuck displaying a fixed time. A forgetful office worker glances at this broken clock twice each day at random moments. Remarkably, over many days of checking, the broken clock shows the correct time on roughly 2 occasions per day on average. How is this possible, and what does it reveal about how often a stopped clock is accidentally correct?

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