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En un lugar determinado, la declinación magnética:In a given place, magnetic variation:
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Correct answer: c) Is the angle between the geographic meridian and the magnetic meridian.
Why it is correct
Variation is the angle between true and magnetic north, that is, between the two meridians.
Why the others are not
- a) It changes a little each year, and the chart gives the correction.
- b) That angle is magnetic dip.
- d) That is a force, and variation is an angle.
How to work it out in the exam
- Variation: the angle between two norths.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de julio · PER Test 2 · question 41 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de julio · PER Test 4 · question 41 Official paper · Official answer key
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