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← HistoryWhich navigation error increases as wind loading exceeds the displacement tonnage during 18th-century navigation?
A)Incorrect estimation of magnetic variation
B)Cumulative error from dead reckoning✓
C)Imprecise sextant angle measurement
D)Chronometer error due to temperature
💡 Explanation
Cumulative dead reckoning error increases drastically because leeway results from the vessel being pushed sideways, therefore the estimated position diverges from actuality rather than instrument errors from sextants; chronometer; magnetic variation.
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