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Why do high and low tides happen 1 hour later each day? just answer please and it is a written response

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With each passing day, the high tides occur about an hour later. The moon rises about an hour later each day, too (actually, 54 minutes later). Since the moon pulls up the tides, these two delays are connected. As the earth rotates through one day, the moon moves in its orbit.
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