Question

Each day a tide is delayed for 26 minutes

Answer 1

On an average each place experiences tides twice a day. since the earth completes its rotation and roughly 24 hours every place should experience is tide after 12 hours. But this never happens. tide is delayed by 26 minutes because the moon also rotates on its axis while revolving around the earth from west to east the tides shift westwards. when the tide Centre completes one round, the moon‘s position is ahead of the tide by that time. the moon also revolves around the earth with the result the tide takes another 52 minutes to come under the moon. Thus a particular tide Centre takes 24 hours 52 minutes to come under the moon but by that time there is another tide on the opposite side. Pls mark brainliest

Answer 2

Answer:

Each day a tide is delayed by 26 minutes because the moon also rotates on its axis (west to east) while revolving round the earth.

Since the earth rotates from west to east, the tide center shifts westward. When the tide center completes one round, the moon’s position is ahead of the tide center by that time. The moon also revolves round the earth, with the result, the tide center takes another 52 minutes to come under the moon. Thus, a particular tide center takes 24 hours 52 minutes to come under the moon but by that time there is another tide at the opposite side of the referred tide center and this happens after 12 hours 26 minutes.