clock problem

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clock problem

Postby smeag » Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:59 am

how long after 7:41 do the hour hand and the minute hand form an angle of 10 degrees?
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Re: clock problem

Postby FabensMath » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:34 am

solve( 1/2(7*60-(41+x)*11)=10, x)
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Re: clock problem

Postby Jeremy2012x » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:58 am

This helped me a lot when I first came across that problem http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_angle_problem
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