Re: angle problem



dgates wrote:
<chahal_singh1980@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

what is the angle between minute needle and hours needle when your
clock shows a time 3:15?

carefully about that the answer is not zero.

Hmm, it seems that it would be about a fourth of a twelfth of 360
degrees. Where's that calculator?

PI / 24.

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