Through how many degrees does the hour hand move...
1. In 3 hours?
2. In 2 hours?___________
3. In 1 hour?___________
4. In 1/2 hour?____________
5. In 10 minutes?___________
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The hour hand of a clock moves 360 degrees in 12 hours. That is 30 degrees per hour. Now you fill in the blanks.
Right -- that's for the hour hand.
Your previous question asked about the minute hand.
To determine how many degrees the hour hand moves, we need to know that the hour hand completes a full revolution of 360 degrees in 12 hours.
1. In 3 hours:
To find the degrees covered in 3 hours, we can use the formula:
Degrees = (Time * 360) / Total hours in a full revolution
= (3 * 360) / 12
= 90 degrees
2. In 2 hours:
Using the formula, we have:
Degrees = (2 * 360) / 12
= 60 degrees
3. In 1 hour:
Degrees = (1 * 360) / 12
= 30 degrees
4. In 1/2 hour:
Degrees = (0.5 * 360) / 12
= 15 degrees
5. In 10 minutes:
Since the hour hand moves at a constant rate, we know that it moves 30 degrees in 1 hour (as calculated above). To find the number of degrees covered in 10 minutes, we can use the proportion:
Degrees covered in 10 minutes / 30 degrees = 10 minutes / 60 minutes
Degrees covered in 10 minutes = (30 degrees * 10 minutes) / 60 minutes
= 5 degrees
Therefore, in 10 minutes, the hour hand moves 5 degrees.