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2.42. Determine the GMT for the following local times and locations: (a) 7 A.M.
Los Angeles, USA; (b) 1 P.M. Toronto, Canada; (c) 12 noon Baghdad, Iraq; (d) 3 P.M.
Tehran, Iran.

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