find distance only section 3 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns South and walks 10 m. Then he walks 35m towards the West and further 5m towards the North. He then turns towards East and walks 15 m. What is the straight distance (in metres) between his initial and final position?

a) Cannot be determined

b) 0

c) 5

d) None of these

Question : 2

Ram cycled 10 km southward from his home, turned right and cycled 6 km, turned right, cycled 10 km, turned left and cycled 15 km. How many km will he have cycled to reach straight home ?

a) 20 km

b) 21 km

c) 16 km

d) 10 km

Question : 3

Two Person P and Q are separated by a distance of 20 meter in west –east direction respectively. Now P and Q start walking in north and south direction respectively and walked for 5 meter. Now P and Q took a right turn and walked 10m each. Now P and Q took left turn and after walking 5 meter both of them stopped. Find the distance between them

a) 25

b) 30

c) 15

d) 35

e) None of these

Question : 4

A travelled westward 8km, turned left and travelled 3 km, turned right and travelled 9 km. He then travelled north 3 km. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 17 km

b) 11 km

c) 15 km

d) 19 km

Question : 5

If point M is 4 km north of point G and point O is south if point G such that point G is mid way between points M and N. Find distance MN + AE.

a) 25 km

b) 19 km

c) 23 km

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

Question : 6

Hari travelled 17 km to the east, he turned left and went 15 km, he again turned left and went 17 km. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 2 km

b) 32 km

c) 17 km

d) 15 km