Question 2542 Deck Safety

The correct answer is A) 0.36 foot. The reason is that when the 24 tons of fish are shifted from the deck to the fish hold, which is 8 feet lower, the center of gravity of the vessel will shift downward by 0.36 feet. This is calculated by taking the weight of the fish (24 tons) and multiplying it by the vertical distance it was moved (8 feet), then dividing that product by the total displacement of the vessel (540 tons). This calculation follows the standard formula for determining the shift in a vessel's center of gravity due to the movement of a weight. The other answer choices are incorrect because they do not accurately represent the change in the center of gravity based on the given information.