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Para la navegación loxodrómica se utilizan las cartas del tipo:For rhumb-line navigation, the charts used are:
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Correct answer: a) Mercator charts.
Why it is correct
On a Mercator chart a rhumb line is straight, so it is used for constant-course sailing.
Why the others are not
- b) For great circles.
- c) For great circles.
- d) Not used.
How to work it out in the exam
- Rhumb line: Mercator.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2022 · 2ª convocatoria · PY Tipo 1 · question 29 Official paper · Official answer key
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