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A clock is hung on a wall so that the center is 20 cm below the ceiling. The minute hand is 10 cm long, and the hour hand is 6 cm long.  Find a function h(t)that gives the distance the tip of the hour hand is from the ceiling as a function of minutes past midnight. The function should have the form h(t)=A(Bt-C)+D.

A clock is hung on a wall so that the center is 20 cm below the ceiling. The minute hand is 10 cm long, and the hour hand is 6 cm long.  Find a function h(t)that gives the distance the tip of the hour hand is from the ceiling as a function of minutes past midnight. The function should have the form h(t)=A(Bt-C)+D.

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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A clock is hung on a wall so that the center is 20 cm below the ceiling. The minute hand is 10 cm long, and the hour hand is 6 cm long. 

  1. Find a function h(t)that gives the distance the tip of the hour hand is from the ceiling as a function of minutes past midnight. The function should have the form h(t)=A(Bt-C)+D.
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