Question 1432Navigation General

The correct answer is A) 5400 nautical miles. The distance to the nearest vertex from any point on a great circle track cannot exceed 5400 nautical miles. This is because a great circle is the shortest distance between any two points on the Earth's surface, and the maximum distance between any two points on the Earth's surface is half the circumference of the Earth, which is approximately 21,600 nautical miles. Therefore, the distance to the nearest vertex from any point on a great circle track cannot exceed half of this, which is 5400 nautical miles. The other options are incorrect because they do not accurately reflect the maximum distance to the nearest vertex from a point on a great circle track.