A man observes the sunrise and sunset at $5 : 58 A M$ and $5 : 32 P M$ respectively. What is the length of the day between the actual sunrise and sunset?

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The correct option is C $11 h o u r s 30 m i n u t e s$
We know that the actual time difference between the early sunrise and actual sunrise is about 2 minutes due to atmospheric refraction. So we see actual sunrise at $6 : 00 A M$ i.e. two minutes after early sunrise.
Similarly man observe sunset at $5 : 32 P M$ but Sun is actually below the horizon, it appears at the horizon due to atmospheric refraction. Actual sunset is at $5 : 30 P M$ i.e. 2 minutes before delayed sunset.
Therefore, the length of the day between the actual sunrise ( $6 : 00 A M$ ) and sunset ( $5 : 30 P M$ ) is $11 h o u r s 30 m i n u t e s$ .

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