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Lost in the Wilderness: GPS Navigation

You are leading a hiking expedition in a dense national forest. Your primary GPS device fails, and you must rely on a backup device that only provides raw latitude and longitude coordinates. You need to communicate your position to the base camp and navigate to the nearest ranger station.

Q1.Your backup GPS shows your location as 44°N, 110°W. The ranger station is at 45°N, 110°W. Which direction must you travel to reach the station?

Q2.Base camp asks for your hemisphere location to narrow down the search grid. Based on 44°N, 110°W, which hemispheres are you in?

Q3.You find a paper map in your pack. To orient the map correctly with your surroundings, what tool on the map should you align with your physical compass?