find distance only section 5 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Arun travels 8 km towards the North, turns left and travels 3 km and then again turns right and covers another 4 km and then turns right and travels another 3 km. How far is he from the starting point?

a) 11 km

b) 15 km

c) 18 km

d) 12 km

Question : 2

One day raj left home and walked 5 km northwards, turned right and walked for 10km and turned left and walked 5 km more and finally turned left and walked 10km. How many kilometres will he have to walk to reach his home straight?

a) 10 km

b) 5 km

c) 15 km

d) 20 km

e) None of these

Question : 3

A person starts from point F, reaches point G, then takes a left and then a right turn to reach point B. Find FG + BC.

a) 12 km

b) 15 km

c) 13 km

d) 14 km

e) None of these

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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