What time of day is it in Miami (75 degrees W), when it is 2PM on Tuesday in Melborne(150 degrees E)?

Question

What time of day is it in Miami, Flordia, (75 degrees W), when it is 2PM on Tuesday in Melborne, Austrailia (150 degrees E)? Can you explain how you get your answer?

Answer 1

2PM Melborne Time

Midnight Eastern Daylight Time

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ci...

(75 + 150)/15 = 15 time zones

(2PM minus 15 time zones plus one hour for daylight saving = Midnight)

Answer 2

It's 11PM Monday. Melbourne is fifteen hours ahead of Miami. I checked it in my almanac. 15 hours is 5/8's of a day. 150 degrees plus 75 degrees makes 225 degrees difference in longitude. 225/360 (360, being the degrees of a complete circle) is 5/8's of the way around the world. 5/8ths of the way around the world is logically 5/8th's of a day away on the time zone map. Midnight Tuesday morning if you add an extra hour for daylight savings time.