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    4. if a ship captain listen to the bbc radio hears the time is 9.00am on the gmt, he checks and discovered that his time is 6.20pm on what longititude is his ship?
    if a ship captain listen to the bbc radio hears the time is 9.00am on the gmt, he checks and discovered that his time is 6.20pm on what longititude is his ship?

    the captain of a ship listen to BBC on his transistor radio hears that the time is 9.00am GMT he checks his own time and discovers that his time 6.20pm on what longitude is his ship?

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      First of all, his time has to be already set to the correct time with his current location.


      His time cannot be set correctly unless he first knows his current location.


      If, by chance, his time is set to his present location; He would be approx. 140degrees longitude East


       

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