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

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