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Questions : A man starts from his office and goes 5 km East. Then, he turns to the left and again walks for 3 km. Again he turns left and walks 5 km. At what distance is he from the starting point ?

(a) 4 km

(b) 7 km

(c) 3 km

(d) 6 km

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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The man is 3 km away from his office.

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Question : 1

Ram walks 12 kms to the North, then 10 kms to West, 12 kms to South. How far is Ram from the starting point ?

a) 13 kms

b) 10 kms

c) 9 kms

d) 8 kms

Answer: (b)

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Required distance = AD

= 10 km

Question : 2

A man travels 3 km in the East and turns to South and moves 4 km. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 6 km

b) 10 km

c) 5 km

d) 2 km

Answer: (c)

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AC = $√{AB^2 + BC^2}$

= $√{3^2 + 4^2}$

= $√{9+ 16}$

= $√{25}$ = 5 km

Question : 3

A person starts from point T in east direction. Walks 6 m and turns right. Next walks 4 m and turns left. Next walks 3m and turns right. Now cycles for 8 km and stops. Find his distance from T.

a) $2√31 m$

b) 15 m

c) 17 m

d) $7√21 m$

e) 12 m

Answer: (b)

Distance = $√[(6+3)^2 + (4+8)^2 ] = 15 m$

Question : 4

Somu travelled from a point A straight to B, a distance of 12 km. He turned right and travelled 8 km and reached point C. From that point took right turn and travelled 6 km, and reached point D. How far is he away from the starting point ?

a) 12 km

b) 14 km

c) 10 km

d) 13 km

Answer: (c)

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Required distance

= $√{8^2 + 6^2}$

= $√{64 + 36}$

= $√{100}$ = 10 km

Question : 5

Sanmitra walks 4 kms. towards north, turns right and walks 5 k.m. Then he turns towards south and walks 2 k.m. Again he takes a turn towards west walks 3 km and stops for a while. Then he further walks 2 km. What is the distance of Sanmitra from starting point ?

a) 2 k.m.

b) 3 k.m

c) 16 k.m.

d) 4 k.m.

Answer: (a)

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Required distance = 2 km

Question : 6

Neha travelled from a point X straight to point Y at a distance of 50 meters. He turned to his right and walks 50 meter more, then again turned right and walks 60 meter. Finally, he turned to right and walks 50 meters. How far is he from the starting point?

a) 20

b) 30

c) 10

d) 40

e) None of these

Answer: (c)

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