SOLUTION: what will be the angle made by hour and minute hand when time in clock is 7:20?

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Question 980993: what will be the angle made by hour and minute hand when time in clock is 7:20?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The Minute hand is rotated (1/3)(360) degrees from 12:00;
the Hour hand is rotated (7/12)(360)+(1/3)(1/12)(360) degrees from 12:00.

the two terms for the Hour hand work like so:
Seven whole hours and then a fraction of the hour between hour 7 and hour 8. Twenty minutes is one-third of an hour, and the big numbers on the clock show a whole clockface rotation is cut into twelve equal parts, so ----- one third of one twelfth.

You basically want %28%287%2F12%29%28360%29%2B%281%2F3%29%281%2F12%29%28360%29%29-%28%281%2F3%29%28360%29%29 degrees.