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Un huracán en su avance por el Atlántico Tropical del Norte, forma dos semicírculos, ¿Cuál es el semicírculo manejable?:A hurricane moving through the tropical North Atlantic forms two semicircles. Which is the navigable semicircle?

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Correct answer: c) Moving from the Cape Verde area towards the Caribbean, the left semicircle.

Why it is correct

In the northern hemisphere, looking along its track, the navigable semicircle is the left, and these hurricanes start near Cape Verde.

Why the others are not

  • a) The semicircles are right and left.
  • b) The right one is dangerous.
  • d) The semicircles are right and left.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. North: right dangerous, left navigable.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Weather visuals

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