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Who developed the first clock accurate enough to determine longitude?
  a. Benjamin Franklin
  b. John Harrison
  c. Matthew Maury
  d. James Cook
  e. Alfred Thayer Mahan



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If there is a three hour difference between clock noon and shaft noon, how many degrees west are you
  from your point of origin? Assume one rotation of 360/24 hours = 15/hour.
  a. 45
  b. 90
  c. 180
  d. 15
  e. 30



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Kingjoffery

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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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eruditmonkey@yahoo.com

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Reply 2 on: Aug 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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