SOLUTION: The minute hand on a grandfather clock cuts and angle of 30 degrees as it moves from 12 to 1 on the clock face. If the minute hand is 16.7cm long, what is the area of the clock fa

Question 298847: The minute hand on a grandfather clock cuts and angle of 30 degrees as it moves from 12 to 1 on the clock face. If the minute hand is 16.7cm long, what is the area of the clock face over which the minute hand moves from 12 to 1?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The minute hand on a grandfather clock cuts and angle of 30 degrees as it moves
from 12 to 1 on the clock face.
If the minute hand is 16.7cm long, what is the area of the clock face over
which the minute hand moves from 12 to 1?
:
Find the area of the clock dial
A =
A = 876.16 sq/cm
:
Find the area covered by the hand as it travels of the dial
= 73.0 sq/cm
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