Originally Posted By: Peter
The three hands exactly align whenever the minute hand overtakes the hour hand at the exact moment that the second hand is overtaking the minute hand.
That's it! Now I remember...the office manager solved the problem as a function of relative velocities, rather than position as a function of time.

Very nicely and compactly stated, Peter.

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