If you left New Orleans ( 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W) at 4:00 am on Friday Dec. 31, and traveled for 12 hours before arriving in Baku, Azerbaijan ( 40 degrees N, 30 degrees E) , at what time and on what day would you arrive in Baku? ( show work pleas)

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here is a site for the World Clock that will tell you the date and time anywhere. For Baku, you would have to make your Personal Clock to get that date and time.

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

As for showing your work, I'm not sure exactly how you are learning to do this in your geography class.

When it is Wednesday 8:27 a.m. in New Orleans it is
Wednesday 6:27 p.m. in Baku. (10 hours later)

If you leave New Orleans at 4 a.m. on Friday Dec. 31, travel 12 hours to Baku, Azerbaijan, it should be 2 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1.

To calculate the arrival time and day in Baku, Azerbaijan, we need to consider the time difference between New Orleans and Baku and the travel duration.

First, let's determine the time difference between New Orleans (30 degrees N, 90 degrees W) and Baku (40 degrees N, 30 degrees E).

New Orleans is located at 90 degrees west longitude, and Baku is located at 30 degrees east longitude.

To convert these longitude differences into time differences, we need to know that Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours, or 15 degrees per hour.

So, the longitude difference between New Orleans (90 degrees W) and Baku (30 degrees E) is 120 degrees (90 + 30).

Since 15 degrees correspond to 1 hour, we can calculate the time difference between New Orleans and Baku as follows:

Time difference = Longitude difference / 15
= 120 degrees / 15
= 8 hours

This means that Baku is 8 hours ahead of New Orleans.

Next, let's calculate the arrival time in Baku based on the given departure time and travel duration.

If you depart New Orleans at 4:00 am on Friday, December 31, and travel for 12 hours, you can add the 8-hour time difference to determine the arrival time in Baku.

4:00 am + 12 hours + 8 hours = 24:00 (midnight)

Therefore, you would arrive in Baku at 12:00 midnight on Saturday, January 1.

Please note that this calculation assumes there are no time zone changes during your travels and that the time zones remain constant throughout the entire journey.