find distance only section 5 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Mamatha walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then turns to her left and walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest distance (in metres) between her starting point and her present position?

a) 28 m

b) 10 m

c) 38 m

d) 24 m

Question : 2

Ranga starts from his house towards south and walks 60 m then turns towards east and walks 40 m and turns towards north and walks 30 m and stops. How far is he away from his house?

a) 40 m

b) 35 m

c) 30 m

d) 50 m

Question : 3

Radha moves towards South-east a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 m. From here, she moves towards North-west a distance of 7 m and finally she moves a distance of 4 m towards East and stood at that point. How far is the starting point from where she stood ?

a) 10 m

b) 4 m

c) 3 m

d) 11 m

Question : 4

A man walks 6 km towards the north, then turns towards his left and walks for 4 km. He again turns left and walks for 6 km. At this point he turns to his right and walks for 6 km. How many km and in what direction is he from the starting point ?

a) 6 km and South

b) 8 km and West

c) 10 km and West

d) 4 km and South

Question : 5

From a point, Sahil starts walking in east direction. After walking for 15 m he takes a right turn. Now he walks for 12 m before turning to his right again. Next he walks 5 m and again turns in same direction as before. He now walks for 20 m before stopping at a point. How far is this point from the point where Sahil started?

a) $3√22 m$

b) 7 m

c) $4√10 m$

d) $2√41 m$

e) 12 m

Question : 6

A girl rides her bicycle southwards, then turned right and rode 2 km and again turned right and rode 4 km. She found himself exactly 2 km east from the starting point. How far did she ride southwards initially?

a) 3 km

b) 4 km

c) 2km

d) 6 km

e) None of these