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Question
Read the map in the figure and answer the following questions:
- How many divisions can you see in the map?
- What do these divisions signify?
- What does the term ‘behind the GMT’ mean?
- Which part of Brazil is ahead of the other?
- By how many minutes is this part ahead of others?
- What does the red line in the map show?
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Solution
- There are four divisions in the map.
- These divisions signify the time zones in Brazil.
- The Greenwich Meridian Time is a time set with reference to 0° longitude that passes through Greenwich. The countries lying to the west of 0° longitude are ‘behind the GMT’.
- The easternmost part of Brazil is ahead of the others.
- This part is the easternmost point and is 60-168 minutes ahead of the others.
- The red line on the map is the official BRT, which is in the GMT-03 time zone. It is 3 hours behind GMT.
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