Which of the Following Explains Why Navigators Prior to a Few

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explains why navigators prior to a few hundred years ago found it much more difficult to determine longitude than latitude?

• A)Determining longitude requires mathematical techniques that were not known at the time.
• B)Determining longitude requires much more precise measurements of angles in the sky than does latitude.
• C)Determining longitude requires accurate tables of the celestial coordinates of stars,while determining latitude does not.
• D)Determining longitude requires an accurate clock,but latitude does not.

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