Question

Pitching is the movement of a ship up and down in a vertical plane about transverse axis.

(a) True

(b) False

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Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) True

To explain: Pitching occurs about a transverse axis as a longitudinal oscillatory motion which is further assumed to be Simple Harmonic Motion.