The earth has been divided into 24 time zones of one hour each. Every zone, thus, covers an extent of how many degrees of longitude?

15°

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30°

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10°

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1°

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Solution

The correct option is A 15°
The earth covers an angle of 360° with every rotation within the span of 24 hours. This indicates that it rotates by 15° every hour. Thus, for the purpose of convenience, time zones have been split into 24 equally-spaced time zones although there exist exceptions that consider political boundaries.

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