Question
What is the measure, in degrees, of the acute angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand of a 12-hour clock at 6:48?
Answers
bobpursley
angle of hour hand: each 12 hours, it goes 360 deg
Angle hour hand= 360*(6 48/60)/12
Angle minute hand: each hour it goes 360 det
Angle Minute Hand: 360*(48/60)
now subtract one angle from the other, that is the difference in angles.
Angle hour hand= 360*(6 48/60)/12
Angle minute hand: each hour it goes 360 det
Angle Minute Hand: 360*(48/60)
now subtract one angle from the other, that is the difference in angles.
alden
that was wrong
yy.julie
We know that at 6:00 they are 180 degrees from each other. Every minute, the hour hand moves 1/2 of a degree, and the minute hand moves 6 degrees. So in 48 minutes, the hour hand moves 24 degrees and the minute hand moves 288 degrees. 288-180-24=84. So, 84 degrees.
bsu1
Thank you @yy.julie!! I was having problems with this