Tuesday 22 November 2011

Concept on Clocks

Speed of minutes hand = 3600 per hour = 60 per minute
Speed of hours hand = 3600 per 12 hours = 0.50 per minute
Relative speed of minutes hand over hours hand = 5.50 per minute
If time is expressed as h:m, to find angle between minutes and hours hands:
At time h:0, angle between minutes and hours hands = 30h
After m minutes, ie., at h:m, minutes hand travels an angle of ‘5.5m’ relative to hours hand, and may or may not exceed the angle ‘30h’
=> the angle = 30h-5.5m (or) 5.5m-30h
If time is expressed as h:m, angle between minutes and hours hands 
= 30h-5.5m (or) 5.5m-30h

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