how many times did the minute hand of a clock rotate during March this year ? please explain how you work it out,thanks
The minute hand rotates once an hour. Since Daylight Savings Time began in March, we subtract one rotation.
(24 * 31) - 1 = ?
To calculate the number of times the minute hand of a clock rotates during a specific period, we need to consider the movement of the minute hand and the duration of that period.
In general, the minute hand completes a full rotation every 60 minutes, which means it passes each minute mark once per hour. Therefore, the minute hand will make 24 rotations in a 24-hour period.
To determine the number of rotations during the month of March, we need to know the number of hours in March. March typically has 31 days, so we multiply that by the number of hours in a day (24) to get the total number of hours in March: 31 * 24 = 744 hours.
Since the minute hand makes 24 rotations per hour, we can now calculate the total number of rotations during March by multiplying the total number of hours in March by the number of rotations per hour: 744 hours * 24 rotations/hour = 17,856 rotations.
Therefore, the minute hand of a clock would have rotated 17,856 times in March this year.