Question
Download Solution PDFThe Earth has been divided into many time zones. How many degrees does each time zone covers?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 15 degrees.
Key Points
- Each time zone covers 15 degrees of longitude.
- There are 24 time zones in the world, so the Earth is divided into 360/24 = 15 degrees of longitude per time zone.
- 24 degrees is the total number of degrees in a circle.
- 20 degrees is not a common number of degrees for a time zone,.
- 10 degrees is to Indian Standard Time o small to be a useful division of the Earth.
- India uses a single time zone, Indian Standard Time (IST), which is UTC+5:30.
- This means that IST is 5 and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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