Multiple Choice
A plane takes off from City A headed for City B,located directly to the north.The pilot flies directly north,but arrives at a city some distance to the west of City B.What can be said of the airplane?
A) It probably has a broken compass.
B) It was blown off course by upper atmospheric winds.
C) It was flying in the Northern Hemisphere.
D) It was flying in the Southern Hemisphere.
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