After doing a lot of research on the answers to questions 40-42 on the Regents exam and studying the map you posted, the answer can be easily figured out.
It will take approximately 3 hours for the apparent position of the sun to change from point A on the map to point B on the map.
The correct answer choice will be number 3, 3 hours.
The correct answer is D. Decreased travel times.
The industrial revolution revolutionized the transport as well, so in this period we have the emergence of transporting machines, like the trains for example, and they were also getting better and better as the year passed by, and they were of great help to the people, especially when they had to travel on long distances.
A storm is coming get an umbrella :)