What angle do the minute and hour hands of a clock make at 5:30?

Question

None okay so yeah lol

Answer 1

Feels to me more like 15 degrees.

If hour hand was 5 and minute hand on 6, this would be 30 degrees. However, at 5:30 the hour hand would be halfway between 5 and 6, bisecting the 30 degree angle.

 

Answer: 15 degrees

Answer 2

At 6 o'clock the hands are at 180 degrees

 

Each hour from noon or midnight constitutes 30 degrees

Each half hour constitutes 15 degrees

 

5(30) + 15 = 165 degrees in the angle formed

between the hour hand and minute hand at 5:30

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Answer 3

There are 6 degrees for every "tick" on the clock (360/60). There are five "ticks" between 5 and 6, which is 30 degrees (5 X 6 = 30).