Question

A person travels 12 km in the southward direction and then travels 5km to the right and then travels 15km toward the right and finally travels 5km towards the east, how far is he from his starting place? (a) 5.5 kms (b) 3 km (c) 13 km (d) 6.4 km

Answer 1

Answer:

answer is (b) 3km

Step-by-step explanation:

12 km south then 5km right means in west direction again he moves 15 km towards right means north direction then he moves 5 km east....In this 5km in both east &west directions will cancel with each other.Remaining is in north and south directions,as he moves 15km,12km in the respective directions.The distance (15-12)=3km will be the answer.

Answer 2

The given question is A person travels 12 km in the southward direction and then travels 5km to the right and then travels 15km toward the right and finally travels 5km towards the east, how far is he from his starting place?

• The solution to the question is that we have to find the distance of a place from the starting point.
• The question states that the man travels towards the south for 12 km .so, he is facing towards the south then he travels to his right 5 km the direction is west.
• Again from the west, he travels to his right 15 km which is the north direction, from there he travels 5 km east .so it is a little away from the starting point.
• The to and fro of 5 km was cancelled because of the opposite directions.
• The remaining distance will be 15 and 12.
• The difference between them will be 3 km.
• Therefore, the final answer to the given question is 3 km.option b

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