You take a bearing of 356° of a lighthouse. What bearing of another object would give the best fix?
Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation
Correct Answer: Option C — 082°
Visual fix precision depends on an ideal 90-degree intersection angle between position lines. Given an initial bearing of 356 degrees, a bearing of 082 degrees intersects at an angle of 86 degrees, approaching the ideal perpendicular cut required to minimize positioning error ellipses per Bowditch.
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