SOLUTION: What is the angle between the hour and minute hand when it is 4:20?

Question 538999: What is the angle between the hour and minute hand when it is 4:20?
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What is the angle between the hour and minute hand when it is 4:20?
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The minute hand makes one revolution or 360� every hour.
At 4:00, the minute hand is at 12, its starting point=0� at 12
At 4:20, the minute hand traveled 20/60 or 1/3 of an hour which equates to 1/3 of 360�=120� from the starting point.
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The hour hand makes one revolution or 360� every 12hours or 30� every hour
At 4:00, the hour hand is at 4, its starting point=120� from 12
At 4:20, the hour hand also traveled 1/3 of an hour which equates to 1/3 of 30�=10�
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At 4:20, the minute hand ended at 120� from 12 and the hour hand 120+10=130� from 12.
So the angle between the hour and minute hand when it is 4:20=130�-120�=10�
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