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A Westbound Vessel Will Cross The Equator In What Longitude?

The vertex of a great circle track is long. 029° W. A westbound vessel will cross the equator in what longitude?


SOLUTION:

  The rule in this kind of problem is  +90° or -90° to the longitude. You might ask, when are we going to add or minus 90°? These are the instances:
 +90° if: 

  • Longitude is west and the vessel is westbound
  • Longitude is east and the vessel is eastbound

-90° if:
  • Longitude is west and the vessel is eastbound
  • Longitude is east and the vessel is westbound
So in this problem our longitude is  029° W and our direction is west, therefore, we have to add 90° to the longitude. 

029° W + 90° = 119° W.

If answer is >180°:
                             360°- ANS and then change the sign of longitude.



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