Direction of Minute Hand at Clock Time

CMAT 2022 · Logical Reasoning · Easy · Clocks

At 3 O'Clock, if Hour hand points towards West, in which direction will the minute hand point at 7.45 p.m.?

  1. A.

    West

  2. B.

    East

  3. C.

    South

  4. D.

    South East

Answer

B

Explanation

At 3 O'Clock, standard hour hand points East. Here, it points West (a 180∘180^\circ rotation/opposite orientation).

At 7.45 p.m., the minute hand is at 9 (pointing West in standard clock orientation). Since the entire clock orientation is flipped (East ↔\leftrightarrow West), pointing West in standard orientation means pointing East in this modified orientation.

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