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What does the Rectangular Survey System use to survey and describe property?

  1. Principal circles and squares

  2. Principal meridians and baselines

  3. Prime coordinates and markers

  4. Prime latitudes and longitudes

The correct answer is: Principal meridians and baselines

The Rectangular survey system uses principal meridians, which are north-south lines, and baselines, which are east-west lines, to survey and describe property. Principal circles and squares, prime coordinates and markers, and prime latitudes and longitudes are not used in this system and thus cannot be the correct answer. Principal circles and squares were used in the Metes and Bounds system, prime coordinates and markers are not commonly used in surveying, and prime latitudes and longitudes are terms used in the Geographic Coordinate System, not the Rectangular Survey System.