How many degrees separate the hands on an analog clock at 3:15?

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adam · Accepted Answer

the answer is 7.5.  the minute hand will be on the 3, the hour hand will be 25% of the way from 3 to 4.  there are 30 degrees in each hour (360/12), so 30/4 = 7.5

Anonymous · Answer

Adam is right. 7.5 degrees.

Lee · Answer

I would say it's 5 degrees, though momentarily I would be tempted to say zero.

Basically my maths is as follows:
1) Since 15mins also point at 3. We need to find out the small shift in the Hour Hand that was made to represent this 15mins.
2) 360d/12 = 20d (this represent the degress between each hour)
3) 20d/4 = 5 degrees (to represent the 15mins shift).

Hope i'm correct. Open to corrections if any :)

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