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Clock face broken into three equal-sum pieces

Question

A clock face shatters into three pieces, and the hour numbers on each piece add up to the same total. Which numbers are on each piece?

Short answer

{11,12,1,2}\{11,12,1,2\}, {10,9,3,4}\{10,9,3,4\} and {5,6,7,8}\{5,6,7,8\}. The numbers 11 to 1212 sum to 7878, so each piece totals 2626. Two roughly horizontal cuts, one between 1010/1111 and 22/33 and one between 88/99 and 44/55, produce these three bands.

Adapted from Crack, Heard on the Street, Q1.4, p.9; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.

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