Juliet put her wall clock on the table in such a way that at 3 A.M. the hour hand points to 3:15?

Question

Juliet put her wall clock on the table in such a way that at 3 A.M. the hour hand points to 3:15?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what your question is since you have not

asked us to determine any information....  However,

I think you may be trying to determine at what angle

the clock would be rotated to have the hour hand

pointed at what would normally be 3:15 when it is

actually 3:00

 

For a basic round wall clock the 360 degree circle is

divided up into 12 even sections.  To find out how

many degrees each of those sections is

divide 360 by 12.  

 

360/12 = 30 degrees per section.

 

15 minutes is 15/60 of an hour or 1/4 of an hour.

 

To go from 3:00 to 3:15 the hour hand would move

1/4 of the distance (30 degrees) from the 3 to the 4

on the clock face.  1/4 of 30 = 30/4 = 7.5 degrees.

 

Since the hour hand moves "clockwise" as time goes

forward the clock was placed on the table with a

clockwise rotation of 7.5 degrees.