What is the measure in degrees of the angle formed by the minute and hour hands of a clock at 2:15?

 

 

The difficulty in this problem is remembering that the hour hand is moving as the minute hand moves.  In 15 minutes, the hour hand has moved  of the way between the numbers on the clock.  There are  between each two consecutive numbers on the clock face .  The angle between the hands at 2:15 is then found by: