1999 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 2
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Problem
What is the degree measure of the smaller angle formed by the hands of a clock at 10 o'clock?
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Solution 1
At 
, the hour hand will be on the 
while the minute hand on the 
.
This makes them 
th of a circle apart, and 
.
Solution 2
We know that the full clock is a circle, and therefore has 360 degrees. Considering that there are numbers, the distance between one number will be 
.
If the time is , then the hour hand will be on , and the minute hand will be on, , making them 
numbers apart, so they will be 
degrees apart, or 
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