Question 4807 Deck General

The correct answer is D) 000 foot-tons. The addition of 3.48 tons of paint to the paint locker would not change the sum of transverse moments for the Stores & Supplies category on the Sample Load Form #4 (Drilling). This is because the transverse moment is calculated by multiplying the weight of an item by its distance from the vessel's centerline. Adding the paint weight to an existing item (the paint locker) does not alter the location of the center of gravity, and therefore does not change the transverse moment. The other answer choices are incorrect because they suggest the transverse moment would change, which is not the case in this scenario.