🔍 Key Concepts

• Transverse moment in stability calculations • How naval architects find the lateral (sideways) location of the center of gravity (G) • Relationship between moment = weight × distance and solving for distance

💭 Think About

• If a moment equals weight times distance, what do you get when you divide the total moment by the total weight? • Is the result a force, a moment, or a distance from a reference line (such as centerline)? • Which of the options represents a location rather than a type of moment?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check which choices are moments (units of weight × distance) and which are distances (just feet or meters). • Make sure the units of "sum of transverse moments ÷ total weight" come out to distance, not force. • Ask yourself: are we finding a center of gravity position or a righting/restoring moment? Pick the option that matches a position.