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10.1.1The hour hand of a clock moves from 3 to 9 o'clock. Through how many degrees does it move?

User Kinyanjui Kamau
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The number of rotation done by hour hand in 12 hr is 360 degree. So hour hand rotates in one hour is,


(360)/(12)=30

The number of hours covered by hour hand from 3 to 9 is 6 hours.

Determine the angle in degree for 6 hours rotation by hour hand.


6\cdot30=180

So hour hand moves by 180 degrees.

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