Question

Write down whether the following motions are: translatory rectilinear (R), translatory curvilinear (C), rotatory (RO), or oscillatory (O).

The movement of the hour hand of a clock.

Answer 1

• The movement of the hour hand of a clock is rotatory motion (RO).
• When a body spins on its own axis, it is said to be in rotatory motion.
• hour hand rotates about the center of clock which is the axis of rotation