Neco 2022 Geography Question 35

Practice objective / multiple choice question 35 from the 2022 Neco Geography examination.

Neco 2022 Geography Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 35 NECO • 2022 • GEOGRAPHY • objective

City X is situated at longitude 5\(^\circ\)E and City Y at longitude 20\(^\circ\)W, both on the same latitude of 45\(^\circ\)N. (a) Calculate the time difference between local noon at the two cities. (b) Assuming a radio signal is transmitted from City X at its local noon, determine the local time at City Y when the signal is received, given that the speed of light is 3\times10^{5}\,km/s and the Earth's radius is 6371\,km.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. 1 hour 40 minutes; practically 12:00 (difference of about 0.007 s)
B. 2 hours 10 minutes; practically 12:05 (difference of about 0.02 s)
C. 1 hour 20 minutes; practically 11:55 (difference of about 0.015 s)
D. 3 hours 0 minutes; practically 13:00 (difference of about 0.05 s)
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
1 hour 40 minutes; practically 12:00 (difference of about 0.007 s)

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This is Neco 2022 Geography Question 35. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Neco Geography examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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