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If, beginning at 10:30 AM, the minute hand of a clock rotates 960 degrees, what time will it then be?

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To solve this time-telling puzzle, we first need to translate the rotation of the minute hand into an amount of time passed. A clock face is a 360-degree circle, and the minute hand travels this full distance in 60 minutes. By dividing 360 degrees by 60 minutes, we find that the minute hand moves at