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Find the angle between the minute hand of a clock and the hour hand when the time is 7:20 am.

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Solution

The minute hand travels 6 degree per minute and the hour hand travels 0.5 degree per minute.
In 20 minutes, minute hand must have travelled 20×6=120 degrees and the hour hand must have travelled 0.5×20=10 degrees.
Angle between both of them = 110 degree.

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