document.write( "Question 890669: pls help me to answer: find the angle of the clock between 1:48 am \n" ); document.write( "
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Since both the minute hand and the our hand are
\n" ); document.write( "moving all the time, their rates of motion have to
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\n" ); document.write( "One full circle is \"+60+\" minutes
\n" ); document.write( "The circular rate of motion of the minute hand is
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\n" ); document.write( "The circular rate of motion of the hour hand is
\n" ); document.write( "\"+5+\" min / hr ( from 12 to 1 AM in one hour )
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\n" ); document.write( "At 1 AM, the fraction of the circle between the hands is
\n" ); document.write( "\"+5%2F60+=+1%2F12+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "While the minute hand goes from the 12 position to
\n" ); document.write( "\"+48+\" minutes after, the fraction of the circle is:
\n" ); document.write( "\"+48%2F60+=+4%2F5+\" ( in terms of a 60 minute full circle )
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\n" ); document.write( "Since the hour hand travels at \"+5%2F60+=+1%2F12+\" of
\n" ); document.write( "the rate of the minute hand,
\n" ); document.write( "It's angle traveled is:
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%281%2F12%29%2A%284%2F5%29+=+4%2F60+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+4%2F60+=+1%2F15+\" of a full circle
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\n" ); document.write( "The angle between the hand, in terms of a full hour is:
\n" ); document.write( "( minus the initial gap ) + ( how far the minute hand goes ) - ( minus how far the hour hand goes )
\n" ); document.write( "\"+-1%2F12+%2B+4%2F5+-1%2F15+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+-5%2F60+%2B+48%2F60+-+4%2F60+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+39%2F60+\"
\n" ); document.write( "This is 49 minutes out of 60 minutes, or, in degrees:
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%28+39%2A6+%29+%2F+360+=+234%2F360+\"
\n" ); document.write( "The answer is 234 degrees
\n" ); document.write( "You might want a 2nd opinion, too. I could
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