You are sailing on the ocean and you check your compass every day. Yesterday your compass pointed north, but also pointed down (inclination) at 10 degrees. Today your compass is pointing down 20 degrees. Which direction have you sailed?
a. West
b. North
c. East
d. South
b; north; When your compass is pointed down, it is in the Northern Hemisphere and since it is now down 20 degrees instead of 10, you have sailed farther north.
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