Question 4394 Deck General

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Subtracting the height of the center of gravity corrected for transverse free surface effects from the height of the transverse metacenter of a MODU yields _______________.

A KMT
B KGT
C GM
D GMT
AI Explanation

The correct answer is D) GMT. Subtracting the height of the center of gravity corrected for transverse free surface effects (KGT) from the height of the transverse metacenter (KMT) yields the transverse metacentric height (GMT). The transverse metacentric height is a crucial stability parameter that indicates a vessel's resistance to transverse (side-to-side) overturning. The other options are incorrect because KMT is the height of the transverse metacenter (not the answer), KGT is the height of the center of gravity corrected for transverse free surface effects (not the answer), and GM is the overall metacentric height, which includes both longitudinal and transverse components (not the specific transverse component GMT).

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