Its a very tricky question. Think twice before u answer.
2006-11-04 07:01:55 · 7 answers · asked by nfactor26 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Each minute - 6 degrees = 360/60 and each hours = 360/12=30 degrees
Now when its 8:36,
the hour hand is 36 or 36/60 = 3/5 hr ahead of 8 = 3/5*30=18
The minute hand is 4 minutes behind 8 = 4 *6 = 24
Therefore the angle between the two hands = 18+24=42 degrees.
2006-11-04 07:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by NS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The minutes hand of a clock sweep through 360 in 60 minutes, so every minute it sweeps through 360/60=6 degrees.
At 8:36, the minutes hand is 36*6=216 degrees from noon, while the hours hand is at 40*6+(30*36/60)=240+18=258 degrees from noon, counting the movement of the hours hand through the 36 minutes past eight.
The angle between the two hands is therefore
258-216=42 degrees
as obtained by the previous poster.
2006-11-04 07:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by mathpath 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 8:36 the hour hand is at (8+36/60)*360/12 = 258 deg CW from 12:00. The minute hand is at 36/60*360 = 216 deg CW. The diff is 42 deg.
2006-11-04 07:09:09 · answer #3 · answered by kirchwey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to ur nearest building (walmart, drugstore, anywhere) around 8:36. bring a proctractor. ok, now here comes the hardest part...
when the clock says 8:36, put the proctractor up on the clock and MEASURE the angle!
gosh, i hate being so smart ^_^
2006-11-04 07:05:59 · answer #4 · answered by dover_luv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is 42 bcuz every second the angle is 6 coz 360/60=6
7 sec between min hand and hour hand 6*7=42
2006-11-04 07:13:51 · answer #5 · answered by ☺♫jspc26♫☺ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cracking me.
the answer to life, the universe, and everything = 42
2006-11-04 07:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
acute angle
2006-11-04 07:05:48 · answer #7 · answered by HRF2013 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋