You are hiking in the wilderness with a USGS topographic map. Determine how much

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You are hiking in the wilderness with a USGS topographic map. Determine how much farther and which direction you have to hike to reach the parking lot . The topo map shows that you are located near a lake with the following UTM coordinates: 420,000E and 4,500,000N. According to your map, the parking lot is at: 419,820E and 4,500,050N. Assuming you can’t travel diagonally, how far and in what direction(s) should you go to find your car? Check all that apply.

180m to the west

180m to the east

50m to the north

50m to the south

180m to the west

180m to the east

50m to the north

50m to the south

Explanation / Answer

As I have reached a place whose cooridnates makes me conclude that I have moved 180m ahead in the east and lag by 50m in the north so that I can reach the park lot, I need to move 180m to the west to be in the right longitude and then move 50m to the north to reach the correct latitude.

First, its option A and then C

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