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Questions : Riya started from her home to office. She started in east direction. After walking for 4 m she turned to her left and walked 8 m, now she turned left and walked 2 m. After this she turned to right walked 4 m. Now after turning to her right she walked 13 m and reached office. Find the shortest distance between her office and home.

(a) $9√41 m$

(b) 26 m

(c) 87 m

(d) $3√41 m$

e) None of these

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

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Question : 1

Deepak walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns left and walks 20 metres. Further he moves 20 metres after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position ?

a) 60 mts.

b) 30 mts

c) 20 mts.

d) 50 mts.

Answer: (a)

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Required distance = AE = AD + DE

= (40 + 20) metres

= 60 metres

Question : 2

A man starts from a point and moves 3 km North, then turns to West and goes 2 km. He turns North and walks 1 km and then moves 5 km towards East. How far is he from the starting point?

a) 10 km.

b) 5 km

c) 11 km.

d) 8 km.

Answer: (b)

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Required distance

AE = $√{AF^2 + EF^2}$

= $√{4^2 + 3^2}$

= $√{16 + 9}$

= $√{25}$

= 5 km

Question : 3

X goes 15 metres North, then turns right and walks 20 metres, then again turns right and walks 10 metres then again turns right and walks 20 metres. How many metres is he from his original position ?

a) 10 m

b) 20 m

c) 5 m

d) 15 m

Answer: (c)

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Required distance

= 15 – 10 = 5m

Question : 4

Maya starts at point T, walks straight towards North to point U which is 4 ft away. She turns left at 90º and walks 1 ft to Q, turns left at 90º and goes to V, who is 1 ft away and once again turns 907deg; right and goes to R, 3 ft away. What is the distance between T and R?

a) 5 ft

b) 8 ft

c) 4 ft

d) 7 ft

Answer: (a)

The movements of Maya from T to R are as shown in figure.

RT = $√{(RV')^2 +(TV')^2}$ = $√{16 + 9}$ = 5ft

Question : 5

Manish walked 6km facing towards East, then he took a right turn and walked a distance of 9km. he then took a left turn and walked a distance of 6km. How far is he from the starting point?

a) 21km

b) 18km

c) 15 km

d) 15km

e) None of these

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

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

Answer: (e)

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