Which consequence results when index error affects a sextant during a voyage?

💡 Explanation

Consistent angular measurement errors inevitably occur because index error introduces a systematic offset into all sextant readings, violating the Angle of Incidence theory; therefore celestial altitude differences remains skewed systematically rather than randomly.

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