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