You are steaming on a course of 211°T at 17 knots. At 0417 a light bears 184°T, and at 0428 the same light bears 168°T. What is the distance off the light at 0428?

Correct Answer: Option A — 5.1 miles

Utilizing standard relative bearing formulas from Bowditch, the run between sights and the corresponding angles relative to course compute a distance off of 5.1 miles at the second bearing.