you leave newport rhode island in a yacht sailing due east. you synch your watch

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you leave newport rhode island in a yacht sailing due east. you synch your watch with local time. some days later after some swift sailing, you see that the Sun is at its highest point in the sky. realizing that it's local noontime, but looking at your watch,that it's just 11:00 am back in newport. what is your present longitude? pleases show work and explain.

(a) You leave Newport, Rhode Island, in a yacht sailing due east. You synch your watch with local time. Some days later, after some swift sailing, you see that the sun is at its highest point in the sky, realizing that it's local noontime, but, looking at your watch, that

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Now, it is known that 4 min = 1o longitudinal difference

so it follows that 1 hr(60 min) =(1/4)x60 = 15 minutes of longitudinal difference. So, the longitude of this place 150 less{15o east off Newport i.e(71.31- 15 = 56.31o)} than that of

Newport.

Hence, the coordinates of this new place is 41.49o N, 56.31W.

Please note that the latitude of this place is same as that of newport as you are only moving along east and not along north or south.

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