Which navigational error increases with large sextant instrument error?

💡 Explanation

Longitudinal error grows because sextant inaccuracies affect sun or star angle observations used to find Greenwich Mean Time. Therefore, GMT comparisons lead to incorrect longitude calculations, rather than course mirroring which adjusts for existing leeway.

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