Question

calculate the angle traced by the minute hand between 12.05 and 12.47

Answer 1

252 degree is the answer. In each minute the minute hand moves 6 degree

Answer 2

On completing one rotation, the minute hand completes 360°.

So, in 1 minute, the minute hand covers an angle of:

60 min ----- 360°
1 min ------- (?)

=1*360/60
=6°

Thus, in one minute, the minute hand covers an angle of 6°.

The difference (in minutes) between 12:05 and 12:47 is of 42 minutes.

So, the angle between them is:

42 * 6
=252°

Thus, the minute hand of clock traces an angle of 252° between 12:05 and 12:47.