Type–3: Finding Angle Between Clock Hands (Angle / āϕ⧋āĻŖ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ)


Rule (āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ): Angle (θ) = |30H − 11M/2|


• Where: H = Hour (āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž), M = Minute (āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ), θ = Angle between the two hands (āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧰ āϕ⧋āĻŖ)



Important Values (āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύ)



  • Hour hand moves 30° per hour (āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžā§° āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϤ 30° āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤)

  • Relative movement = 11/2° per minute.. (āφāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āϤāĻŋ = 11/2° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĨ¤)


Ex: Q. What is the angle between the two hands at 7:30 ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: 7:30 āĻŦāϜāĻžāϤ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧰ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)


Soln (āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ)


• Here (āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ), H = 7 and(āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ) M = 30


• Apply the formula: θ = |30H − 11M/2|


θ = |30(7) − (11 × 30)/2|


θ = |210 − 165|


θ = 45°


Ans (āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰): Angle = 45°


7:30 āĻŦāϜāĻžāϤ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧰ āϕ⧋āĻŖ = 45°


Main Points (āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž)



  • Use θ = |30H − 11M/2| to find the angle. (āϕ⧋āĻŖ āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ θ = |30H − 11M/2| āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)

  • Always take the positive value (absolute value).(āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϧāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ (Absolute Value) āϞāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤)

  • If asked for the smaller angle, the answer must be less than or equal to 180°. (āϏ⧰⧁ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāϞ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ 180° āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻš’āĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤)