SOLUTION: Meaghan notices that at 6 o'clock the minute hand is on the 12. What is the degree of rotation of the minute hand between 6:00 and 6:20?
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Question 875764: Meaghan notices that at 6 o'clock the minute hand is on the 12. What is the degree of rotation of the minute hand between 6:00 and 6:20?
Thanks!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
20 minutes is 20/60 = 1/3 of an hour
So the arc is (1/3)*(360) = 120 degrees
The degree of rotation is 120 degrees
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