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long hand (min) on the 12 and the short hand (hour) on what ever hour it is
Yes it is. The short hand is the hour hand. fo all you simple minded people out there
When the short hand is on 1 and the long hand is on 3, it is 1:15. The short hand indicates the hour, while the long hand represents the minutes. Since the long hand is on the 3, it shows that 15 minutes have passed since the hour began.
The long hand makes one complete revolution around the clock in one hour. It travels 360 degrees in rotation, or 2 pi radians. The tip of the long hand travels 2 pi inches per inch of length of the hand. The center of the long hand ( pivot point) does not move at all, but travels 2 pi radians in rotation.