Question

A pilot is flying a commercial plane from New York City to Orlando. If the pilot fails to take the Coriolis Effect into account, then the flight will end up...
A. North of NYC
B. East of NYC
C. South of NYC
D. West of NYC
E. At NYC

Answer 1

Answer:

B. East of NYC

Explanation:

We can make this conclusion because for one reason New York City is the Northern Hemisphere, and according to the Coriolis effect when objects in the Northern Hemisphere travel long distances above the ground, they will be deflected to the right as a result of earth's rotation.

Hence, going by the map of New York on the Northern Hemisphere, when the (object) flight is deflected to the right, for someone in NYC it will indicate a shift to the east of NYC since the pilot failed to take the Coriolis Effect into account.