Question

Find the measure of the angle between hour-hand and minute hand of a clock at 20 minute past two

Answer 1

The hour hand covers 30 degrees (1 division) in 60 minutes. It's speed is (30/60) = 0.5 deg/min. Let's begin with 2:00, since it's easy to visualize. At 2:00, the minute hand is at the zeroth degree, while the hour hand is at the 60th degree, i.e. the hour hand is 60 degrees ahead of the minute hand.