Using gnomonic tracking chart WOXZC 5270, determine which of the following statements about a voyage from Valdez, AK, to Hilo, HI, is TRUE.

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A great circle track is not significantly shorter than a rhumb line track.

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When plotted on a Mercator chart, the track line will be convex to San Francisco.

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You will cross the Northern Hemisphere vertex where the track line crosses LAT 45°N.

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Distance is measured by using the length of a degree of longitude at the mid-latitude line.

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