You are planning a voyage between Portland, LAT 46° 05' N, LONG 124° 00' W, and Korea via LAT 44° 00' N, LONG 155° 00' E. Which statement is TRUE? (Use gnomonic tracking chart WOXZC 5270)

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You can steam on course 270° T, at latitude 52° N, between longitudes 149° W and 160° W in a composite sailing.

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You can sail a great circle track between the two points.

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The vertex of the great circle track is north of the Aleutian Islands.

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Distance is measured in 60-mile segments using the length of a degree of latitude at the mid- latitude.

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