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✅ Correct Option: 1

The minute hand position at 16 minutes past the hour:

The minute hand completes 360° in 60 minutes.

Minute hand angle =1660×360°= \dfrac{16}{60} \times 360°

=16×360°60= \dfrac{16 \times 360°}{60}

=96°= 96° from 12 o'clock


The hour hand position at 9:16:

At exactly 9:00, the hour hand is at:

9×30°=270°9 \times 30° = 270° from 12 o'clock

The hour hand moves 30° in 60 minutes (one hour).

In 16 minutes, the hour hand moves:

1660×30°=8°\dfrac{16}{60} \times 30° = 8°

Hour hand angle at 9:16 =270°+8°=278°= 270° + 8° = 278° from 12 o'clock


The angle between the two hands:

∣278°−96°∣=182°|278° - 96°| = 182°

Therefore, the angle between the two hands at 9:16 is 182°.

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