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Like Clockwork (Posted on 2004-02-27)

A clock's minute hand has length 4 and its hour hand length 3.

What is the distance between the tips at the moment when it is increasing most rapidly?

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√7. Let the angle between the hands be θ. Then the distance between the tips is √(25 - 24 cos θ). drift hunters

Posted by Paul Heath on 2024-05-03 02:21:11

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