find distance only section 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Ravi started walking from his houses east direction to Bus stop which is 3 km away. Then he set off in the bus straight towards his right to the school 4 km away. What is the crow flight distance from his house to the school ?

a) 5 km

b) 12 km

c) 1 km

d) 7 km

Question : 2

Ram starts from his house and walks 4 kms North, then 3 kms West, then 8 kms South. How many kilometres away from his home was he ?

a) 7 kms

b) 8 kms

c) 6 kms

d) 5 kms

Question : 3

Abhi and Asha start cycle race from point A. They both start in east direction. After cycling for 7 m, Abhi continues straight while Asha takes a left turn. They both cycle for 6 m before turning right and left directions respectively. Next (1) Asha cycles for 8 m and takes a right turn. Now she cycles for 5 m before turning to right again. (2) Abhi cycles for 4 m and takes a left turn. Now he cycles for 6m before turning to left again. If both stop at these points, how much respective distance they have to travel to meet each other on their current paths?

a) 13 m, 17 m

b) 15 m, 20 m

c) 10 m, 15 m

d) 18 m, 24 m

e) Cannot be determined

Question : 4

A and B are standing at a distance of 20 km from each other on a straight East-West road. A and B start walking simultaneously, eastwards and westwards respectively, and both cover a distance of 5 km. Then A turns to his left and walks 10 km. B turns to his right and walks 10 km at the same speed. Then both turn to their left and cover a distance of 5 km at the same speed. What will be the distance between them?

a) 5 km

b) 25 km

c) 10 km

d) 20 km

Question : 5

Facing the east Gopi walks straight 4 kms, turns left and walks 3 kms and again turns left and walks 4 kms. How far is he now from the starting point?

a) 3 km

b) 11 km

c) 2 km

d) 10 km

Question : 6

A postman was returning to the post office which was in front of him to the north. when the post office was 100 m away from him,he turned to the left and moved 50 m to deliver the last letter at shantivilla. He then moved in the same direction for 40 m, turned to his right and moved 100 m. How many metres away he was now from the post office ?

a) 90

b) 0

c) 150

d) 100

e) 50