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Island \(A\) and island \(B\) are both on the equator.
The longitude of island \(A\) is \(\text{5°E}\) and the longitude of island \(B\) is \(\text{90°W}\).
Joanna leaves island \(A\) at 7 pm on Monday evening.
She arrives at island \(B\) after travelling for 11 hours and 24 minutes.
What local time AND day is it on island \(B\) when she arrives? (3 marks)
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Bangkok is located at \( (14^{\circ}\text{N}, 100^{\circ}\text{E}) \) and Montreal is located at \( (46^{\circ}\text{N}, 74^{\circ}\text{W}) \).
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Tokyo is located at \( (36^{\circ}\text{N}, 140^{\circ}\text{E}) \) and Lima is located at \( (12^{\circ}\text{S}, 77^{\circ}\text{W}) \).
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The coordinates of Cairo are \( (30^{\circ}\text{N}, 31^{\circ}\text{E}) \).
What are the coordinates of Athens if it is 23° west of Cairo and on the same line of longitude?
The coordinates of Jakarta are \( (6^{\circ}\text{S}, 107^{\circ}\text{E}) \).
Darwin and Jakarta share the same longitude but Darwin is \( 18^{\circ} \) south of Jakarta. What are the coordinates of Darwin?
City P is at latitude \( 42^{\circ}\text{N} \) and longitude \( 88^{\circ}\text{W} \). City Q is \( 56^{\circ} \) south of City P and \( 47^{\circ} \) west of City P.
What are the latitude and longitude of City Q?
City A is at latitude \( 27^{\circ}\text{S} \) and longitude \( 153^{\circ}\text{E} \). City B is \( 45^{\circ} \) north of City A and \( 38^{\circ} \) east of City A.
What are the latitude and longitude of City B?
Island \(A\) is located at longitude \(104^{\circ}\text{E}\) and Island \(B\) is located at longitude \(56^{\circ}\text{W}\). Ignoring timezones, estimate the time on Island \(B\) when it is 9:20 am on Island \(A\)?
City \(A\) is located at longitude \(0^{\circ}\) (on the Prime Meridian) and while City \(B\) is located at longitude \(118^{\circ}\text{W}\). Ignoring timezones, what is the estimated time in City \(B\) when it is 11:00 pm in city \(A\)?
Melbourne is located at longitude \(145 ^{\circ}\text{E}\) and Tokyo is located at longitude \(140^{\circ}\text{E}\). Based purely on longitudinal difference, what is the time in Tokyo when it is 2:00 pm in Melbourne?
Tokyo is 45\(^{\circ}\) west of Sydney. Using longitudinal difference, what is the time in Tokyo when it is 3:00 pm in Sydney?
Kathmandu is 30\(^{\circ}\) west of Perth. Using longitudinal distance, what is the time in Kathmandu when it is noon in Perth?
The table shows the approximate coordinates of two cities.
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\rule{0pt}{2.5ex} \textit{City} \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & \textit{Latitude} \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & \textit{Longitude}\\
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\rule{0pt}{2.5ex} \text{Buenos Aires} \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & 35^{\circ}\ \text{S} \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & 60^{\circ}\ \text{W} \\
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\rule{0pt}{2.5ex} \text{Adelaide} \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & 35^{\circ}\ \text{S} \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & 140^{\circ}\ \text{E} \\
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City `A` is at latitude 34°S and longitude 151°E. City `B` is 72° north of City `A` and 25° west of City `A`.
What are the latitude and longitude of City `B`?
City A is in Sweden and is located at (58°N, 16°E). Sydney, in Australia, is located at (33°S, 151°E).
Robert lives in Sydney and needs to give an online presentation to his colleagues in City A starting at 5:00 pm Thursday, local time in Sweden.
What time and day, in Sydney, should Robert start his presentation?
It is given that 15° = 1 hour time difference. Ignore daylight saving. (3 marks)
Pontianak has a longitude of 109°E, and Jarvis Island has a longitude of 160°W.
Both places lie on the Equator.
`d=theta/360 xx 2pir` where `theta=91°` and `r=6400\ \text{km}` (1 mark)
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An aircraft travels at an average speed of 913 km/h. It departs from a town in Kenya (0°, 38°E) on Tuesday at 10 pm and flies east to a town in Borneo (0°, 113°E).
`d=theta/360 xx 2 pi r` where `theta = 75^@` and `r=6400` km (2 marks)
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Island A and island B are both on the equator. Island B is west of island A. The longitude of island A is 5°E and the angle at the centre of Earth (O), between A and B, is 30°.
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a. `text{Longitude (island}\ B)= 5-30=-25= 25^@\ text(W)`
`text{Latitude (island}\ B)=0^@`
`:.\ text(Island)\ B\ text{is (0°, 25°W).}`
b. `text(Time difference) = 30 xx 4 = 120 \ text(mins)\ =2\ text(hours)`
`text(S)text(ince)\ B\ text(is west of)\ A:`
`text(Time on island)\ B= 10\ text(am less 2 hours)= 8\ text(am)`
In this diagram of the Earth, `O` represents the centre and `B` lies on both the Equator and the Greenwich Meridan.
What is the latitude and longitude of point `A`?