Navigationhard#207
The maximum difference between a great circle and rhumb line track occurs:
A
At the equator
B
Near the poles at high latitudes
C
At mid-latitudes on east-west tracks
CorrectD
They are always the same
Explanation
The difference between a great circle and rhumb line is greatest at mid-latitudes for long east-west tracks; the great circle curves toward the nearer pole.
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