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A plane moves from a place 9N 40E to a place 9N 40W taking 8 hours to travel. If the plane had left at 10.00 a.m. then what is the local time of arrival at the destination?

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Time difference between places will be 4*(40+40) minutes = 320 min =
5 hrs 20 min
as change of 1 degree in longitude cause change of 4 minutes in time.
and that change is 80 degrees here.
so when plane land. time will be = 10.00 + 8.00 -5.20 = 12.40 p.m.
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