A clock shows the time as 3:15. When the minute hand is pointing directly at the number 3, what angle does the hour hand make with the minute hand?
Category: Brain Teasers · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Calculate the positions of both hands carefully.
Answer
7.5 degrees
Explanation
At 3:15, the hour hand is a quarter of the way between 3 and 4, making a 7.5-degree angle with the minute hand.
This is a expert brain teasers riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 7.5 degrees.
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