Problema Solution

1 if the clock shows the time 9 hours and 10 minutes,what is the measures of the angle made by the hour hand and the minute hand?

2 the present age of sohan is 20 years more than the present age of sachin.3 years hence,it will be thrice that of sachin . find the present age of sohan.

Answer provided by our tutors

we assume a 12-hour clock


for every hour the hour hand moves 360/12 = 30 degrees

for every minute the minute hand moves 360/60 = 6 degrees


the angle of the hour hand:

9 hours = 9*30 + (10/60)*30


the angle of the minute hand:

10 minutes = 6*10


the difference between the two angles:

9*30 + (10/60)*30 - 6*10 = 215


the two hands make an angle of 215 degrees, sweeping clockwise from the minute hand to the hour hand