Exercise 2 solution Rule used (variation is west of grid north, as in the exercise): Grid to magnetic: ADD the variation. Magnetic to grid: SUBTRACT the variation. A memory aid: "Grid to Mag, add" (and the reverse for the other direction). (a) Grid bearing 90 degrees, variation 2 degrees west: magnetic = 90 + 2 = 92 degrees (b) Magnetic bearing 90 degrees, variation 2 degrees west: grid = 90 - 2 = 88 degrees (c) Grid bearing 1 degree, variation 2 degrees west: magnetic = 1 + 2 = 3 degrees (d) Magnetic bearing 1 degree, variation 2 degrees west: grid = 1 - 2 = -1, add 360 = 359 degrees Always wrap the result back into the range 0 to 360: add 360 if it goes below 0, subtract 360 if it goes above 360. If the variation were east, the rules swap: subtract going from grid to magnetic, add going from magnetic to grid.