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Questions : A goes 7 km eastward, then turns right and proceeds 7 km, then travels 15 km towards left, then travels 12 km towards left and finally goes 5 km northward. Calculate his distance from his initial place in the horizontal direction.

(a) 22 km.

(b) 25 km.

(c) 20 km.

(d) 23 km.

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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Clearly, the horizontal distance

= (7 + 15) km = 22 km

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Question : 1

Deepu started his journey from A and moves 2 km towards South, then he turns right and moves 1 2 kilometre. Again he takes a right turn and walks 2 km. Now he takes a left turn and walks 3 km more. How far he is from the starting point ?

a) 2.5 km

b) 1.5 km

c) 3.5 km

d) 7.5 km

Answer: (c)

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AE = $(3 + {1}/2)$km

= 3.5 km.

Question : 2

Morning time, Sohan goes towards sun for a distance of 50m. Then he turns right twice and goes straight 40m and 20m respectively. At last he turns once more right and goes straight for the distance of 40m. How far is he now from his starting point ?

a) 30 m

b) 60 m

c) 20 m

d) 50 m

Answer: (a)

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XD = XA – AD = 50 – 20 = 30m

Question : 3

A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to his south and walks 5 km. Again he turns to East and walks 2 km, after this he turns to North and walks 9 km. Now, how far is he from his starting point ?

a) 5 km

b) 3 km

c) 4 km

d) 7 km

e) None of these

Answer: (a)

The movements of the man are as shown in Figure (A to B, B to C, C to D, D to E).

Clearly, DF = BC = 5 km.

EF = (DE – DF) = (9 – 5) km = 4 km

BF = CD = 2 km

AF = AB + BF = AB + CD = (1 + 2) km = 3 km.

Man’s distance from starting point A

$√{AF^2 + EF^2}$ 

= $√{3^2 + 4^2}$ = √25 = 5 km

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Question : 4

Ram is facing north. He proceeded straight for a distance of 10km, then he turned left and proceeded straight a distance of 15km. At last he turned left again and proceeded for another 10km. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 5km

b) 15km

c) 10km

d) 12km

Answer: (b)

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Question : 5

Rana walks 20 metre straight in north direction and 20 m to the right. Then every times turning to his left he walks 5, 25 and 25 metres respectively. How far is he from his starting point now?

a) 20 metre

b) 30 metre

c) 5 metre

d) 25 metre

Answer: (c)

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AF = 5 metre

Question : 6

Ajit, starting from a fixed point, goes 10m towards North and then after turning to his right he goes 10 m. Then he goes 5,10 and 10 metres after turning to his left each time. How far is he from his starting point ?

a) 10 m

b) 3 m

c) 15 m

d) 5 m

Answer: (d)

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