Question

A man walks 1 km towards west and then he turns towards south and walks 5 km.Again he turns to east and walk 2 km ,after this turns to north and walk 9 km.Now ,how far is he from his startig point?

Answer 1

Answer:

total he travels 17 km .

and 5km far from his starting point by diagrametically.

Answer 2

Answer:

The distance from starting point is 17 km.

Explanation:

Given that,

A man walk 1 km toward west from starting point and then he turns towards south and walk 5 km.

Again he turns to east and walk 2 km, after this turns to north  and walk 9 km.

Distance :

Distance is a scalar quantity. it is the measure of the space between two points.

We need to calculate the total distance from his starting point

$s=1+5+2+9$

$s=17\ km$

Hence, The distance from starting point is 17 km.