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The angle between the hands at 7:20

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At 7:20 on an ordinary analogue clock, what is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand? Give the smaller of the two angles, in degrees.

The trap: many people put the hour hand exactly on the 7. It is not there.

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The minute hand moves 6 degrees per minute. The hour hand moves 30 degrees per hour, which is half a degree per minute.

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