JH Academic Bowl Practice Test

The time difference between these two states is three hours because Virginia is in the Eastern Time Zone and Washington is in the Pacific Time Zone, and Pacific Time is three hours behind Eastern Time. So when it’s 7:00 AM in Virginia, you subtract three hours to find the time in Washington: 7:00 AM minus 3 hours equals 4:00 AM. That’s why the correct time in Washington is 4:00 AM. The other options would require different differences that don’t match the three-hour behind relationship, and daylight saving time doesn’t change this offset since both states observe it.