On December 1, the first mate on a ship measures the altitude of the noonday Sun to be 54° to the south. What is the latitude of the ship? (Solve using L = ZA ± Sun degrees. Assume the winter solstice is on December 22 and the autumnal equinox is on September 22.)

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A: Question: which of the following is unit of length?

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