find distance only Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

X and Y start moving towards each other from two places 200 m apart. After walking 60 m, B turns left and goes 20 m, then he turns right and goes 40 m. He then turns right again and comes back to the road on which he had started walking. If A and B walk with the same speed, what is the distance between them now ?

a) 40 m

b) 30 m

c) 20 m

d) 50 m

Question : 2

Namita walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then turns to her left and walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest distance (in metres) between her starting point and the present position?

a) 24

b) 38

c) 10

d) 28

Question : 3

A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the east before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 metres to his north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the starting point?

a) 100 m

b) 140 m

c) 80 m

d) 260 m

Question : 4

I go 5 km. cast then turn right and go 8 km. Then turn left and go 5 km. and then I turn left and I go 8 km. At what distance I am from the starting point?

a) 10 km.

b) 6 km

c) 13 km.

d) 7 km.

Question : 5

Prabhu travelled from his house a distance of 20 kms to his friend’s house. After some time he left his friends house and took a turn towards right and travelled 15 kms to reach a park. After resting for a while, he again started and turned to right and travelled 18 kms to reach a petrol pump. From there he again turned right and covered a distance of 15 kms. How many km more he has to travel to reach home?

a) 18 kms

b) 23 kms

c) 2 kms

d) 21 kms

Question : 6

Radha moves towards South-east a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 m. From here, she moves towards North-west a distance of 7 m and finally she moves a distance of 4 m towards East and stood at that point. How far is the starting point from where she stood?

a) 4 m

b) 11 m

c) 3 m

d) 10 m