Clock hands

The hands on the clock shows the time 12 hours and 2 minutes. Calculate the size of a sharp angle between clock hands three hours later.

Correct result:

x =  79 °

Solution:

12:02+3:00=15:02=03:02 x=(3+2/60)/12⋅360−2/60⋅360 x=(3+2/60)⋅30−2⋅6=79∘=79∘

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