Question

Amelia stars reading at 3: 25 and reads for 15 minute. What type of angle is formed by the hour and minute hands of the clock wen Amelia fineshes reading

Answer 1

90 degrees, which is a right angle

Explanation:

The time indicates when she starts reading is irrelevant. The only thing to notice is that she reeds for 15 minutes. Whenever you read for 15 minutes the angle that is formed by the hour and minute hands of the clock will always be the same, regardless of the starting time!

60 minutes comes down to 360 degrees.

1 minute = 60/60 and that comes down to 360/60 = 6 degrees.

15 minutes = 15 times 1 minute....

15 minutes comes down to 15* 6 = 90 degrees

90 degrees is a right angle

Answer 2

Explanation:

If sh starts reading at 3:25 and reads for 15 minutes, she is finished at 3:40. The hour hand is on the 3 and the minute hand is on the 8, so there is a difference of 25 minutes between the hour hand and the minute hand. Each 5-minute increment is 30 degrees (360 / 12) so 30 x 5 = 150 degrees. This is an obtuse angle. Not sure what kind of an answer you're looking for so I gave both the degree measure of the angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand, and the classification of the angle.