How will time be affected as a person travels from the east coast of the United States to the west coast?

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David Drayer
Jan 10, 2018

Tehere is a three hour difference in the time zones between the East Coast and the West Coast with the East Coast being three hours ahead.

Explanation:

Every 15 degrees of latitude equals 1 hour of time difference. There are four time zones in the US. so traveling across the US is a three hour difference in time.

If it is 12 noon in the East Coast, it is 9 am in the West Coast. If you travel by jet plane there is a slight lose of time due to the time dilation as predicted by the Theory of Relativity.

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