\(\frac{24}{11}\)
4
\(\frac{36}{11}\)
2
The Correct answer is \(\frac{24}{11}\)
The hour hand completes one full rotation in \(12\) hours, rotating in the clockwise direction.
\(08:48\) is the time elapsed after \( 8.8\) hours(and not\( 8.48\) hours) from \(12\)-o-clock.
This means the angle covered by the hour hand is \(8.8 × 360 = 264°\)
At \(8:48\), the minutes' hand would have covered \(48 × 360 = 288° \)
The difference is \(24\) degrees. Since the minutes' hand is ahead of the hours' hand at\( 8:48\),
We need a further separation of \(12\) degrees.
Every minute the separation between them increases by\( ( 1/60 - 1/720)\times360\) degrees.
Therefore the time in minutes to achieve a difference of \(12\) degrees is, \( \frac{12}{\frac{11}{2}}\) =\(\frac{24}{11}\)
For any natural number $k$, let $a_k = 3^k$. The smallest natural number $m$ for which \[ (a_1)^1 \times (a_2)^2 \times \dots \times (a_{20})^{20} \;<\; a_{21} \times a_{22} \times \dots \times a_{20+m} \] is: