General Navigation USCG Q#1855 (Set 58)

You are on course 344°T and take a relative bearing of a lighthouse of 090°. What is the true bearing to the lighthouse?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option B — 074°

True bearing calculation per Bowditch: TB = TC + RB. Adding the true course of 344° and the 090° relative bearing equals 434°. Subtracting 360° produces the correct true bearing of 074°T.

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