Find out the time of station A located at 60 degree East Longitude when the time at station located at 120 degree West Longitude is observed 9:00 am on Monday
Answers
the time difference between New Delhi and the place is 9.00 pm + 6.00 am which is 15 hours. Hence, the time in terms of minutes would be 15 hours 60 minutes = 900 minutes. Therefore the longitudinal difference will be which is . Therefore the place would be in the west
EXPLANATION:
Longitude and latitude are coordinate systems by way of which the location or position of any on the 'Earth's surface' can be ascertained and described.
Longitude is the measurement west or east of the 'prime meridian'. Longitude is calculated by imaginary lines which run round the Earth up and down (vertically) and meet at the South and North Poles.
These lines are referred to as 'meridians'. Each meridian measure '1 arc degree of longitude'. The distance around the Earth measures 360.