M E N U
DIRECTIONS
1. USEFUL FORMULAS
2. THE CIRCLE (3 VARIATIONS)
3. THE SPHERE (2 VARIATIONS)
4. THE SQUARE (2 VARIATIONS)
5. THE CUBE (2 VARIATIONS)
6. THE RECTANGLE
7. THE AIRPLANE
8. THE SLIDING LADDER
9. MAKING SHADOWS
10. THE CONICAL TANK
11. THE CONICAL PILE
12. FLYING A KITE
13. REVOLVING SEARCHLIGHT
14. TRAVELING CARS (2 VARIATIONS)
15. MORE SHADOWS
16. THE BASEBALL FIELD
17. THE CYLINDRICAL TANK
18. EQUATION ONE (2 VARIATIONS)
19. EQUATION TWO (2 VARIATIONS)
20. EQUATION THREE (2 VARIATIONS)
21. EQUATION FOUR (2 VARIATIONS)
22. EQUATION FIVE (2 VARIATIONS)
23. EQUATION SIX (2 VARIATIONS)
24. EQUATION SEVEN
25. THE REVOLVING BEACON
26. THE ISOSCELES TROUGH
27. THE SPACE SHUTTLE
28. GONE FISHING
• 29. THE CLOCK
30. THE TRIANGLE #1
31. THE TRIANGLE #2
32. THE SNOWBALL
33. THE OTHER AIRPLANE
34. YET ANOTHER SHADOW
35. THE BASKETBALL SHADOW
36. MAKING COFFEE

THE CLOCK PROBLEM #1

The minute hand of a certain clock is 8.5 inches long.

(A) Starting from the moment that the hand is pointing straight up, how fast, in in2/min is the area of the sector that is swept out by the hand increasing when it reaches the 5 ?


(B) How many degrees has the hand traversed since it was straight up?