find distance only section 6 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Rachel starts walking towards North. After walking 15 metres, she turns towards South and walks 20 metres. She then turns towards East and walks 10 metres. Then, again, she walks 5 metres towards North. How far is she from her starting point and in which direction ?

a) 5 metres, East

b) 10 metres, East

c) 10 metres, West

d) 5 metres, North

Question : 2

Deepak starts walking straight towards east. After walking 75 meters, he turns to the left and walks 25 metres straight. Again the turns to the left, walks a distance of 40 meters straight, again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25 metres. How far is he from the starting point?

a) 50 metres

b) None of these

c) 25 metres

d) 115 metres

Question : 3

Raju drives 25 km North and turns left and travels 5 km and reaches point ‘O’. He then turns right and covers another 5 kms. Afterwards turns to east and drives 5 km. How much distance he has to travel to go back to the starting point?

a) 25 kms

b) 20 kms

c) 35 kms

d) 30 kms

Question : 4

Abhay travelled 9 km Northwards, turned left and travelled 5 km, then turned left again and travelled 9 km. How far is Abhay from the starting point?

a) 9 km.

b) 14 km

c) 5 km.

d) 4 km.

Question : 5

A man starts walking from a point and walks 12 kms towards north. He turns 90° left and walks a distance and stopped. If the distance between initial point and final positions is 13 kms , how much distance he travelled after turning from the North?

a) 5 kms

b) 2 kma

c) 1 km

d) 7 kms

Question : 6

Deepak starts walking straight towards east. After walking 75 metres, he turns to the left and walks 25 metres straight. Again he turns to the left, walks a distance of 40 metres straight, again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25 metres. How far is he from the starting point ?

a) 115 metres

b) 50 metres

c) 25 metres

d) 140 metres

e) None of these