Question 472 Deck Safety

The correct answer is D) 5149S. Latitude is expressed in degrees and minutes, with the minutes written as a decimal. The latitude 51°48.7'S should be written as 5149S when preparing an AMVER report. This is because AMVER reports require latitude and longitude to be expressed in a 4-digit format, with the first two digits representing the degrees and the last two digits representing the minutes. The other options are incorrect because A) 52S does not accurately represent the full latitude, B) 51.8S is not in the required 4-digit format, and C) 0578S is not the correct representation of the given latitude.