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An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 o'clock in the afternoon?

Options
1) 154°
2) 180°
3) 170°
4) 160°

Asked In SSC MAN (10 years ago)

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jakkaprashanthi  (8 years ago)

360/12=30de
30 degrees per hour
6 hours s0 angle is 180 degrees

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Nainsee Kumari  (8 years ago)

2)180 degree

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animesh srivastava  (8 years ago)

answer is (2)
during 2o'clock hour hand will be just opposite to 8o'clock so angle will change by 180'

ALTERNATIVE METHOD:
we know that ,at every hour angle of hour hand changes by 360/12=30'
As there is 6 hrs difference in 8o'clock and 6o'clock
therefore angle will change by 6(30)=180'

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