Problem 1206. Angles of the hands of a clock

Created by Peter Wittenberg

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@bmtran (Bryant Tran) on 16 Jan 2013

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/392-clock-hand-angle-1

Peter Wittenberg on 16 Jan 2013

Sorry, BM, I hadn't seen your problem before. I probably wouldn't have put mine in if I had. It's very similar. Well, I guess I know how to solve it now!

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