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¿Cómo se debe medir una distancia entre dos puntos en la carta náutica?How should a distance between two points be measured on a nautical chart?
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Correct answer: c) With dividers, taking the distance to the latitude scale.
Why it is correct
On a Mercator chart one minute of latitude is one mile. So the distance is taken to the latitude scale, at the height of the area measured.
Why the others are not
- a) The longitude scale does not work.
- b) Not measured that way.
- d) Not measured that way.
How to work it out in the exam
- Distance: latitude scale.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 1 · question 38 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 39 Official paper · Official answer key
Try it: Navigation calculations
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