What angle (in degrees) does the hour hand describe in 2 minutes?
May 31, 2020 | Education
| The circle is 360 °.
1 circle for the clockwise is 12 hours, therefore 1 hour = 360 ° / 12 = 30 °.
1 hour is 60 minutes, therefore for a clockwise direction 1 minute = 30 ° / 60 = 0.5 °
Then 2 minutes = 2 * 0.5 ° = 1 °
Answer: 1 °
