Your vessel displaces 560 tons. The existing deck cargo has a center of gravity of 4.5 feet above the deck and weighs 34 tons. If you load 10 tons of ground tackle with an estimated center of gravity of 2.8 feet above the deck, what is the final height of the CG of the deck cargo?

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Option A: 4.11 feet. Calculating final deck cargo center of gravity involves dividing total vertical moments by total weight: (34 tons × 4.5 ft + 10 tons × 2.8 ft) divided by 44 tons, yielding 4.11 feet above the deck.