What is the measure of the obtuse angle in degrees formed by the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 3:45?
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What is the measure of the obtuse angle in degrees formed by the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 3:45?
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Answer:
The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand would be 157.5 degrees.
Step-by-step explanation:
Each 5 minute segment is 30 degrees, and at 3:45 the hour hand would have moved 3/4ths through one of the segments. So there would be 5 and a fourth.