document.write( "Question 770253: if green mean time (GMT) is 6 a.m., what is the time at a place located 30 degree east longtitude? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "A place located to the east would be ahead in time compared to GMT.\r\n" );
document.write( "Each degree longitude corresponds to 4 min of time difference.\r\n" );
document.write( "Why? Because around the globe, there are 360 deg longitudes which correspond to\r\n" );
document.write( "1 day of time or 1440 minutes. So each deg = 1440/360 = 4 minutes.\r\n" );
document.write( "So 30 degrees east would have a time of 30*4 = 120 min (2 hours) ahead of 6 a.m.\r\n" );
document.write( "The time at that place is 8 a.m.\r\n" );
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