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You are running parallel to the coast and take a running fix using bearings of the same object. Which is TRUE if you are making less speed than used for the running fix, in relation to the position indicated by the fix?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Running fix concept – how assumed speed and course are used to advance an earlier Line of Position (LOP) to get a fix • Relationship between assumed speed vs. actual speed and where your real position lies along the track line • How a change in distance run along the track line affects your position relative to the plotted running fix

💭 Think About

• Visualize the track line you planned and the running fix you plotted: if the ship actually runs a shorter distance than you assumed, will your true position be ahead of, behind, or off the track line? • Think about what a running fix actually does: are you changing the distance from the object, the distance along the track line, or both when you advance the first LOP? • If you overestimate your speed, do you over‑advance or under‑advance the earlier LOP, and where would your real position fall compared to that plotted intersection?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear on the difference between distance along track and distance off the coast – they are not the same thing • Confirm whether a running fix with same-object bearings mainly changes your position along the track line or toward/away from the object • Check which answer choices refer to being along the track line versus closer to/farther from the coast and match that to your speed error reasoning

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