Question: The standard meridian upon which time is based for Chicago, USA is 90 degrees WEST. The standard meridian upon which time is based for Kampala,

The standard meridian upon which time is based for Chicago, USA is 90 degrees WEST.

The standard meridian upon which time is based for Kampala, Uganda is 30 degrees EAST.

This is a THREE PART QUESTION. Answer all parts, and describe the MATH used to solve.

A) Calculate the longitudinal distance in degrees between these two standard meridians HEADING EAST FROM Chicago towards Uganda.

- You know the time in Chicago: In solving a time problem, how many hours apart would these two places be, and would you ADD or SUBTRACT these hours if traveling EAST?

- Did you cross the IDL traveling EAST?

B) Calculate the longitudinal distance in degrees between these two standard meridians HEADING WEST FROM Chicago towards Uganda.

C) Adding these two longitudinal distances together will take you the whole way around the world, and thus equals how many TOTAL longitudinal degrees?

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