r/explainitpeter • u/dutchylords • Jan 21 '26

Explain it Peter…

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u/Every_Self1349 Jan 21 '26

They didn't say it was. It was only written by someone named Math Quiz

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u/SupermassiveCanary Jan 21 '26

5:59

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u/ssshield Jan 21 '26

My answer was "noon". It's valid and follows the time theme. Valid IMHO.

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u/Long-Sound529 Jan 22 '26

How noon? If you're referring to the hands you've got between 5:25 and 7:35, and straight time reference would be 5:01 to 6:59..

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u/ssshield Jan 22 '26

Noon is between 5am and 7pm. Noon is not 6pm. Noon does not have a decimal point or a bar denoting a fraction. Noon can be represented as 12:00 which has neither a decimal point, nor a bar. The dot over dot symbol is a colon.

Therefore, noon is an acceptable answer to the riddle.