1957 AHSME Problems/Problem 11
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[hide]Problem
The angle formed by the hands of a clock at is:
Solution
To find the angle of the clock, we first have to determine where the hands are. The time is hours, so the hour hand would be degrees clockwise. As the clock is a quarter of the way through the hour, the minute hand is degrees clockwise.
Thus, we can say that the angle formed by the hands is . This is answer .
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