What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 1:20?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 80°
- Step 1: Apply the angular separation formula between the hour and minute hands: .
- Step 2: Substitute and : .
- Step 3: Taking the internal (minor) angle yields 80°.
Answer
80°.
Practise more Clocks.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed GATE mock tests.
More Clocks questions
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 8:30?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 5:40?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 4:30?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 5:00?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 5:10?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 11:20?