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A Big Clock The clock that rings the bell known as Big Ben
Chapter 3, Problem 74GP(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 74GP
A Big Clock The clock that rings the bell known as Big Ben has an hour hand that is 9.0 feet long and a minute hand that is 14 feet long, where the distance is measured from the center of the clock to the tip of the hand. What is the tip-to-tip distance between these two hands when the clock reads 12 minutes after four o’clock?
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QUESTION:
Problem 74GP
A Big Clock The clock that rings the bell known as Big Ben has an hour hand that is 9.0 feet long and a minute hand that is 14 feet long, where the distance is measured from the center of the clock to the tip of the hand. What is the tip-to-tip distance between these two hands when the clock reads 12 minutes after four o’clock?
ANSWER:
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Here we have to calculate the tip to tip distance between the minute hand and hour hand when the clock reads 4 hour 12 minutes.
The length of the hour hand is given to be and the minute hand length is given to be
long.