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The SS AMERICAN MARINER has on board 5480 tons of cargo with an LCG-FP of 272.20 feet. See table ST-0105 below for the distribution of the cargo to be loaded. Use the white pages of The Stability Data Reference Book to determine the final LCG-FP of the cargo.

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Use LCG-FP (Longitudinal Center of Gravity from Forward Perpendicular) and remember it is a weighted average of all cargo locations. • Convert the existing cargo condition into a total longitudinal moment: Moment = Weight × LCG-FP. • From the white pages, find each compartment’s LCG-FP, multiply by the tons in ST-0105 to get individual moments, then recompute the final LCG-FP.

💭 Think About

• How do you turn the original 5480 tons at LCG-FP 272.20 ft into a single number that can be combined with the new cargo moments? • Once you look up the LCG-FP for each location in ST-0105, what operation do you perform with each weight and its LCG-FP before adding them together? • After adding the new cargo weights and moments to the original condition, how do you get back from total moment and total weight to a new LCG-FP to compare with the answer choices?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure you sum all new cargo weights in ST-0105 and add them to 5480 tons to get the correct final cargo weight. • Check that all LCG-FP distances you take from the white pages are from the same reference (FP) and in feet, not meters. • Before choosing an option, think physically: based on where most of the added cargo sits relative to 272.20 ft, should the final LCG-FP move forward (smaller number) or aft (larger number)? Eliminate choices that move in the wrong direction.

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