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Estamos en el punto de Latitud: 36°00.0’N y Longitud: 005°50.0’W, y queremos dirigirnos al punto de Latitud: 35°50.0’N y Longitud: 006°10.0’W. ¿Qué Rumbo verdadero tendremos que poner para llegar a la segunda posición?.We are at Latitude 36°00.0'N, Longitude 005°50.0'W, and want to go to Latitude 35°50.0'N, Longitude 006°10.0'W. What true course must we steer?
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Correct answer: a) 238º
Why it is correct
You drop 10′ of latitude and go 20′ west, which is 16.2 miles of departure. arctan(16.2/10) = 58º, SW quadrant: 180 + 58 = 238.
Why the others are not
- b) A measuring error.
- c) It ignores the cosine of latitude.
- d) A measuring error.
How to work it out in the exam
- On the chart, join the points and walk the ruler to the rose.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2023 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 44 Official paper · Official answer key
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