How many degrees does an hour hand move in one hour?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the movement of the hour hand on a clock, specifically how many degrees it moves in one hour. Participants explore the relationship between time and angular movement, with some referencing a quiz context.

Discussion Character

  • Debate/contested, Conceptual clarification, Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that if the hour hand moves 1/60th of a degree each minute, it would move 1 degree in an hour.
  • Another participant questions how the hour hand can move 360 degrees in 12 hours if it only moves 1 degree in an hour.
  • A different participant asserts that the hour hand actually moves 30 degrees in one hour, based on multiplying 30 degrees by 12 hours for a full revolution.
  • One participant claims the hour hand moves 1/2 degree in an hour, suggesting that the initial question may have been misleading.
  • Another participant mentions that the question was part of a fun quiz, indicating that the expected answer was 1 degree, which they dispute.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the movement of the hour hand, with no consensus reached on the correct answer. Multiple competing interpretations are present.

Contextual Notes

Some assumptions about the definitions of movement and time intervals are not explicitly stated, leading to varying interpretations of the question.

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If an hour hand moves 1/60th of a degree each minute how many degerees will it move in one hour?
 
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Is that a question for YOU or for US?If it's for you,then tell us your opinion so that we can compare it with ours...

Daniel.
 
It moves 1/60 a degree in a minute.

You want to find out how far it moves in an hour.

How many minutes in an hour?
 
If it moves 1/60 degree x 60 minutes= 1 degree in an hour, then how can it move 360 degrees in 12 hours?
 
Precisely.

Then how many degrees does the hour hand really move in one hour?
I say 30.
 
ballpienhammer: Then how many degrees does the hour hand really move in one hour?
I say 30.

Sure, because we just multiply 30 x12 =360, one complete revolution.
 
So, the hour hand moves 1/2 degree in an hour, not 1/60th.

Sounds like it was a trick question designed to get you chasing red herrings.
 
Not intentionally. The Q was/is part of an online

fun-quiz called "Test for Dementia". Their answer was 1&#176, which I felt was off base.(No pun intended.) Thanks all. bph
 

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