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Posted 2004-09-02, 07:59 PM
in reply to Xenn's post "Argh I can't figure this out"
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Xenn said:
Well I never got taught geometry so this is probably stupid anyways...
"The hands of a clock are pointed at the 12:44 position (i.e. hour hand between 12 and 1, minute hand between 8 and 9). Determine the angle the minute hand and hour hand create."
I got the easier one (7:30) which is 45 degrees. I just can't figure out this 12:44 one.
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Well, I'm going to take an attempt at it. Sice a clock is a circle, which is 360 degrees, divided into 60 even parts, that would make each part 6 degrees. So to get the minute hand, 44*6, which equals 264. Now, the hour hand has to be somewhere in between 0 and 30 degrees (since 1 o' clock would be 30.) Now you could do it as a proportion. 44/60 = x/30, so I think x should be 22. Now, if you subtract 264-22, you get 242. I don't know if that's the correct answer or not, but I think that should work.
Also, 118 (360-242) would probably work. Just make sure you check my arithmetic.
Last edited by Demosthenes; 2004-09-02 at 08:02 PM.
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