find distance only section 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Sita cycled 8 km southward from her home turned right and cycled 5 km, turned right and cycled 8 km, turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kms will she have cycle to reach straight home?

a) 10 km

b) 13 km

c) 8 km

d) 15 km

Question : 2

Mira starts at point T, walks straight to point U which is 4 ft. away. She turns left, at 90° and walks to W which is 4 ft. away, turns 90° right and goes 3 ft. to P, turns 90° right and walks 1 ft. to Q, turns left at 90° and goes to V, which is 1 ft. away and once again turns 90° right and goes to O, 3 ft. away. What is the distance between T and O ?

a) 4 ft

b) 5 ft

c) 7 ft

d) 8 ft

Question : 3

Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then turns to his left and walks for 2 km. he again turns left and walks for 3 km. At this point he turns to his left and walks for 3 km. how many kilometers is he from the starting point?

a) 2 km

b) 5 km

c) 1 km

d) 3 km

Question : 4

Ganesh is standing at a point. He walks 20 m towards the East and further 10 m towards the South; then he walks 35 m towards the West; and further 5 m towards the East. What is the straight distance in metres between his starting point and the point where he reached last ?

a) 5 m

b) 35 m

c) 20 m

d) 10 m

Question : 5

One day, Nita left home and cycled 10 km southwards, turned right and cycled 5 km and turned right and cycled 10 km and turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometres will she have to cycle to reach her home straight ?

a) 15 km

b) 25 km

c) 10 km

d) 20 km

Question : 6

Seeta and Geeta started walking from a point A. Seeta walks 6 km towards North and then takes a right turn and walks 3 km. She then takes a right turn towards South and walks for 6 km. She again takes a left turn and walks 3 km, and reaches a point B. Geeta walks for 3 km towards West and takes a left turn and walks for 6 km; she takes a left turn and walks 9 km, and she reaches at a point C. How far is the point B from point C ?

a) 4km

b) 6km

c) 3km

d) 9km