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because a minute is faster than an hour.

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Q: Why is the minute hand longer on a clock?
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Why minute hand of clock is longer than hour hand?

so you can tell them apart


What is the minute hand on the clock?

The long hand


Which hand on a clock is the minute hand?

It is the long hand.


Which has more momentum a second hand on a clock or a minute hand on a clock?

the second hand


Is the Big Hand the Hour Hand?

On a clock, the longer hand is the minute hand and the shorter hand is the hour hand. Also, the especially thin one that moves the fastest is the second hand.


What is the time period of the minute hand on a clock?

The time period of a nimute hand on the clock is one minute since it takes a minute for it to complete one oscillation, ie., one complete cycle of the clock.


How many degrees does the minute hand of a clock turn in 1 hour?

The minute hand of a clock turns about 360 degrees each hour.


What is a minute hand on a clock?

The minute hand is the largest hand on most analogue clocks. At 3 o'clock on a 12-hour clock, the minute hand is pointing straight up to the 12. It measures time to the nearest minute by advancing one of the small minute hash marks every 60 seconds. Every time the second hand makes one full sweep of the clock face, the minute hand advances one of the minute marks. The second hand is the fastest moving hand on a standard analogue clock, making one full sweep every 60 seconds.


Is there another word for clock hands?

Hour hand and minute hand.


Who invented the minute hand and hour hand?

Whoever invented the clock.


What is the measure of the angle formed by the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the clock shows 300?

90 degrees


What is the speed of a clock's second hand?

A clock's second hand makes one complete revolution each minute. Thus, by definition, it is rotating at one revolution per minute or one RPM. That's its "rotational velocity" and it is the same no matter how big or small the clock might be. The actual velocity that the tip of the second hand might trace out as it revolves around the center of the clock will vary with the length of the second hand. The longer the hand, the faster the tip moves around the circumference.