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What is the maximum number of local times that can there be in the world?

Currently there are 38 different local times in use around the world. Including its overseas territories, France uses ten different time zones, the most of any country.


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On which day would the sun appear at the highest point in the sky?

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We have studied that the local time is different in different parts of the world. The daily routine of the people there is determined according to the local time in those places. Figure 1.3 shows the local times of different longitudes. Study this map and answer the following questions. Use the relationship between degrees and time for this.

A) Between which longitudes do the region experience daytime?


B) Which longitudes experience noon and midnight respectively?


C) Edward from New Orleans is on which longitude?


D) What is the time at Accra city?


E) At the same time, what is Sharad from Patna and Yakaito from Japan doing? What time is it in these cities?


F) Select any one longitude. Calculate the local time of the longitudes lying 1° to the west and east of this longitude.


13

How many longitudes pass the sun in one hour?

14

Look for the map of world time zones from reference books and see in which time zone India falls into?

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