A navigator plots a DR position and then applies an estimated current with a set of 045°T and a drift of 2 knots for 3 hours. The resulting position is plotted as a dot inside a square. What is this position called?

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D. An estimated position — The estimated position (EP) is the DR position corrected for estimated set and drift of the current, and is plotted as a dot inside a square. A fix uses a circle, and a DR position uses a semicircle. (Bowditch Ch. 8 §802, §803)

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A. A fix

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B. A running fix

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C. A dead-reckoning position

A navigator plots a DR position and then applies an estimated current with a set of 045°T and a drift of 2 knots for 3 hours. The resulting position is plotted as a dot inside a square. What is this position called?

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