how are time zones related to lines of longitude?
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Answer:
There are 360 degrees of longitude and the there 24 hours in a day
so every 15 degrees of longitude equals one time zone.
Explanation:
In theory every 15 degrees change in longitude from line zero in England represents a new time zone or a 1 hour difference.
#360/24# = 15 degrees.
In practice political factors influence where the time zones actually fall. The state of Arizona wanted all of the state to be be in the same time zone regardless where the 15th degree of longitude fell.
Political factors aside generally the time zones change every 15 degrees.
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Answer:
Time zones are another arbitrary societal choice, like the origin point of the Prime Meridian. They are based on longitude and defined by Earth's rotation, which completes a full circle (360 degrees) each day (24 hours). Each hour then, Earth rotates through 360/24 = 15° of longitude: the width of one time zone.
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