A Sailor Listening to a Shortwave Radio Heard That the Greenwich

question 10

Essay

A sailor listening to a shortwave radio heard that the Greenwich mean time (the time at Greenwich, England) was 12:00 p.m. The sailor looked at her watch, which was set according to the time at a nearby location, and found it to be 3:00 p.m. What is the longitude of the sailor?

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