Question

If the difference in time between two places were 2 hrs and 20 minutes, then the difference between their longitude will be_________.
a: 30
b: 35
c: 40
d: 45

Answer 1

Hint: Latitude infers the geographic directions that decide the distance of a point, north-south of the equator. Longitude insinuates the geographic organization, which distinguishes the distance of a point, east-west of the Prime Meridian.

Complete Answer: If it is given that the difference between times of two places is 2 hours and 20 minutes then, the difference in their longitudes would be 35°. The time contrast between every longitude is 4 minutes. So if in any event, the time is 12 early afternoon at Greenwich (0 degrees), it would be 12:04 pm at 1-degree meridian.

Option b is the correct answer to the above question because If the difference in time between two places were 2 hrs and 20 minutes, then the difference between their longitude will be 35.

Note: There is a cozy connection between time and longitude. The Earth turns on its hub at a pace of 360 degrees for each day or we can say 15 degrees every hour. In the event that an explorer knew the time at a fixed moment that something occurs at a specific position. At that point, the contrast between the reference time and the evident nearby time will give the voyager's position comparative with the fixed point.