Question

THE CLOCK IS SO PLACED THAT AT 2PM THE MINUTE HAND POINTS TOWARDS NORTH WEST . IN WHICH DIRECTION DOES THE HOUR HAND POINTS AT 6PM?

Answer 1

The minute hand will point in the same direction as the hour hand Change its position but for hour to be complete the minute hand Is always at 12 hence direction is north west

Answer 2

The direction of hour hand at 6pm is East south.

The clock is so placed that at 2pm, the minute hand points towards north west.

We have to find the direction of the hour hand at 6pm.

• We know, minute hand will always be vertically upwards when hour hand points exactly any number between 1 and 12.
• So, minute hand is vertically upwards and it shows north west direction but we know, vertically upwards is along the north in a compass. so we should adjust the compass in such a way that north west of compass points vertically upwards ( i.e., direction of minute hand). you can see this in attached figure.
• Here we see, vertically downwards points east south in the adjusted compass. if you see the clock , you will find at 6pm hour hand points just vertically downwards.

Hence, It is clear that hour hand at 6pm points towards East south.

Therefore the direction of the hour hand at 6pm is East south.

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