How to find the distance between clock hands

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Basic Geometry › How to find the distance between clock hands

Questions
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1

The minute hand of a clock is exactly six inches in length, and the tip of the minute hand has traveled exactly ten inches since noon. To the nearest minute, what time is it?

2

What is the distance, in minutes and seconds, between the minute and hour hands of a clock at ?

3

Find the distance between the clock hands when the time is . The hour hand is mm and the minute hand is mm (you do not have to measure tip to tip).

4

A clock has two equally long hands on it, each measuring inches. If the minute hand is directly on and the hour hand is directly on , what is the distance between the two hands?

5

A clock has two equally long hands on it, each measuring inches. If the minute hand is directly on and the hour hand is directly in the middle of and , what is the distance between the two hands?

6

A clock has two equally long hands on it, each measuring inches and extending to the edge of the clock. If the minute hand is directly on and the hour hand is directly on , what is the length of the minor arc connecting the two hands?

7

A certain clock has a minute hand 12 cm long and an hour hand that is 9 cm long. At 9:00, how far apart are the ends to the two hands of the clock?

8

Which pair of hands is further apart and by how much? Clock A is pointing at and the hands on clock B arevpointing at .

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