What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 5:30?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C. 15°

  1. Step 1: Recall the formula for the angle between clock hands: , where is the hour mark and is the minutes elapsed.
  2. Step 2: Substitute and : .
  3. Step 3: The computed interior angle between the two clock hands is .
Answer
15°.

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