6.1. (12 points) Yura has unusual clocks with several minute hands moving in different directions. Yura calculated that the minute hands coincided in pairs exactly 54 times in one hour. What is the maximum number of minute hands that can be on Yura's clocks?

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# Answer: 28.

Solution. Let two arrows coincide, then after 30 seconds they will coincide again. Therefore, the arrows in each such pair will coincide exactly 2 times per minute. Thus, if $n$ arrows move in one direction, and $m$ arrows move in the other, then $2 m n=54, m n=27$. Therefore, $n$ can be $1,3,9$ or 27. The largest sum $m+n$ is obtained when $n=1, m=27$ (or vice versa) and is equal to 28.