The time is 6:10 Is the hour hand closer to the 6 or 7 and why?
To determine whether the hour hand is closer to the 6 or 7, you need to understand how the hour hand moves around the clock.
The hour hand on a clock completes one full revolution in 12 hours. Therefore, it moves at a rate of 360 degrees in 12 hours, or 30 degrees per hour.
At 6:00, the hour hand points directly at the 6. From 6:00 to 7:00, it would move 30 degrees because one hour has passed.
Since the time is 6:10, only 10 minutes have passed since 6:00. To find out the distance in degrees the hour hand has moved since 6:00, you need to calculate how many degrees correspond to 10 minutes.
In one hour, the hour hand moves 30 degrees, which means that in 60 minutes, it moves the full 360 degrees around the clock. Therefore, in 10 minutes, the hour hand will move (10/60) * 360 degrees.
Calculating this, we find that in 10 minutes, the hour hand will move 60 degrees.
Now, you can determine where the hour hand will be at 6:10. Starting from the position at 6:00, you would move the hour hand 60 degrees clockwise to account for the 10 minutes that have passed.
As a result, at 6:10, the hour hand will be closer to the 7, because it has moved 60 degrees from the 6:00 position.
Study this clock. What is your answer to this question.
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