what is the longitude of town A whose time is 12noon when greenwich time is 6:00pm

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6/24 = 1/4

1/4 of the way around the earth, westward of Greenwich England

360/4 = 90 degrees West

Well, I am at 70 on Cape Ann, so about 1200 miles west of me. Mark Twain country.
But why we will take1/4 why not 1/6