90° Clockwise

Geometry Level 3

What is the least time (in minutes) required for the hour and minute hand in a clock to make an angle of 90 ° 90° , if it is 12 o'clock right now?


The answer is 16.363.

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60 h 11 m 2 = A n g l e \frac{|60h-11m|}{2} =Angle Since the given angle is 90 degree substituting that and o for the hour since 12 hrs is 0 we get 60 ( 0 ) 11 ( m i n ) 2 = 90 \frac{|60(0)-11(min)|}{2}=90 We get 180 = 11 m i n 180=-11min dividing by -11 we get -16.36 but we cannot have negative min so the answer is simply 16.3636 16.3636 minutes. I don not know if this is possible solution.

The absolute value sign turns 11 min -11\text{min} into 11 min 11\text{min}

Daniel Liu - 6 years, 10 months ago

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oh yeah what a dumb mistake

Mardokay Mosazghi - 6 years, 10 months ago
Muzaffar Ahmed
May 22, 2014

For every 60 60 divisions the minute hand moves, the hour hand moves 5 5 divisons.

So for every 12 12 divisions the minute hand moves, the hour hand moves 1 1 division.

If x = h o u r s x = hours , y = m i n u t e s y = minutes , then

12 x = y 12x = y

x = y 12 \implies x = \frac{y}{12}

For the hands to create a 90 ° 90° , there must be 15 15 divisions between them.

y x = 15 \implies y - x = 15

y y 12 = 15 \implies y - \frac{y}{12} = 15

11 y 12 = 15 \implies \frac{11 y}{12} = 15

y = 180 11 = 16.363 m i n u t e s \implies y = \frac{180}{11} = \boxed{16.363} minutes

Nice solution and your problem .

Shohag Hossen - 5 years, 11 months ago

Why 15 divisions?

Mohamed mamdouh - 7 years ago

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Look at your clock

Muzaffar Ahmed - 7 years ago
David Huang
Aug 21, 2014

Starting at 12, each minute the hour hand moves 0.5 0.5 degrees while the minute hand moves 360 ÷ 60 = 6 360 \div 60 = 6 degrees. So each minute the minute and hour hand separates by 5.5 5.5 degrees. So the number of minutes to be 90 degrees apart is 90 ÷ 5.5 = 16.3636... 90 \div 5.5 = \boxed{16.3636...} 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 = 16.363636 x=16.363636

ZhiJie Goh
Aug 29, 2014

Basically, in a 12 hour clock, there are 360 degrees. Thus every hour, the hour hand moves 360 ÷ 12 = 30 360÷12=30 degrees. Every minute it moves 0.5 degrees. Every minute the minute hand moves 360 ÷ 60 = 6 360÷60=6 degrees. Thus 90 ÷ ( 6 0.5 ) 90÷(6-0.5) equals 16.36 degrees.

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