document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=42072>Question 42072</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Question\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the minute hand of a big clock is 1.12 m long, find the rate at which its tip is moving in centimeters per minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help and thanks a lot. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #27261 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=27261\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The minute hand is a radius of a circle...the circumference C = 2(pi)r or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 2(22/7)(1.12)  (I imagine 22/7 is better than 3.14 this time)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 7.04 m = 704 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the minute hand goes around once each hour, or once every 60 minutes...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus the tip covers 704 cm in 60 minutes or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11.73 cm/min </SPAN>\n" );
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