The world is divided into 24 full time zones so that 12 zones are west of the prime meridian, called the International Date Line, and 12 are to the east. Each time zone is centered on a meridian.

A. How many degrees apart are the meridians?

B. At what time at the International Date Line is everywhere in the world in the same day?

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Klaus

28 August, 22:02

The world is divided into 24 full time zones so that 12 zones are west of the prime meridian, called the International Date Line, and 12 are to the east. Each time zone is centered on a meridian.

A. How many degrees apart are the meridians?

B. At what time at the International Date Line is everywhere in the world in the same day?

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Taryn Mercer · Answer 1

A. 15 degrees each

B. At noon

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many degrees each is, we divide the total number of degrees in a circle (360) by the number of zones.

360/24 = 15 degrees

Now we can tell that everywhere will be at the same time at noone due to the fact that one side will be 12 hours before and the other 12 hours later (both of which are still in the same day.