Question

What is the number of degrees of the angle formed by the minute and hour hands of a clock at 11:10pm?

Answer 1

I THINK it's 85 degrees, but I'm not 100% certain.

Answer 2

HINT: There are 360 degrees in a circle. Between the 11 and the 2, the numbers that the hands point to at 11:10, is the equivalent of a quarter of an hour. Do you need the angle between the 11 and the 2, or the 2 and the 11?

Answer 3

11 and 2 (so it forms an acute angle)

Answer 4

keep going.... :)

Answer 5

Well, it wouldn't be 90 degrees since the hour hand is between 11 and 12 (because it's not exactly 11 o'clock)

Answer 6

I'm betting you're supposed to assume that it is. If not, then the hour hand would be 1/6 of the way to the 12, which is just 1/6 of a minute?

Answer 7

And 1/6 is 5 degrees (since 1/6 of 30=5), so that's why I thought it would be 90-5=85 degrees.

Answer 8

Nope, I got 90 degrees for the first time and it was marked incorrect xD

Answer 9

OK, then your 85 is probably what they're looking for.

Answer 10

Alright, thanks for help :)