What is the least time (in minutes) required for the hour and minute hand in a clock to make an angle of 9 0 ° , if it is 12 o'clock right now?
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The absolute value sign turns − 1 1 min into 1 1 min
For every 6 0 divisions the minute hand moves, the hour hand moves 5 divisons.
So for every 1 2 divisions the minute hand moves, the hour hand moves 1 division.
If x = h o u r s , y = m i n u t e s , then
1 2 x = y
⟹ x = 1 2 y
For the hands to create a 9 0 ° , there must be 1 5 divisions between them.
⟹ y − x = 1 5
⟹ y − 1 2 y = 1 5
⟹ 1 2 1 1 y = 1 5
⟹ y = 1 1 1 8 0 = 1 6 . 3 6 3 m i n u t e s
Nice solution and your problem .
Why 15 divisions?
Starting at 12, each minute the hour hand moves 0 . 5 degrees while the minute hand moves 3 6 0 ÷ 6 0 = 6 degrees. So each minute the minute and hour hand separates by 5 . 5 degrees. So the number of minutes to be 90 degrees apart is 9 0 ÷ 5 . 5 = 1 6 . 3 6 3 6 . . . minutes.
Let x be the angle.
As the Minutes Hand moves 6 degree (360/60) in a minute and the Hours Hand moves 0.5 Degree(360/(60*12), so the Equation will be
x 6-x .5=90
x(6-.5)=90
x=90/5.5
boxed x = 1 6 . 3 6 3 6 3 6
Basically, in a 12 hour clock, there are 360 degrees. Thus every hour, the hour hand moves 3 6 0 ÷ 1 2 = 3 0 degrees. Every minute it moves 0.5 degrees. Every minute the minute hand moves 3 6 0 ÷ 6 0 = 6 degrees. Thus 9 0 ÷ ( 6 − 0 . 5 ) equals 16.36 degrees.
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2 ∣ 6 0 h − 1 1 m ∣ = A n g l e Since the given angle is 90 degree substituting that and o for the hour since 12 hrs is 0 we get 2 ∣ 6 0 ( 0 ) − 1 1 ( m i n ) ∣ = 9 0 We get 1 8 0 = − 1 1 m i n dividing by -11 we get -16.36 but we cannot have negative min so the answer is simply 1 6 . 3 6 3 6 minutes. I don not know if this is possible solution.