Question

A person travels a distance of 12 m northwards and then travels a distance of 5 m westwards then a distance of 3 m leftwards and again 6 m leftwards and finally travels 15 m towards the south. What is the present horizontal distance from the place he had started? Is he to the west or east of the starting point?

Answer 1

Answer: 6 m south and 1 m east. he is east of his original point

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: 1 m east and 6 m south

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Distance traveled northwards = 12 m

Distance traveled westwards = 5 m

Distance towards leftwards = 3 m

Distance travels towards south = 15 m

So, According to our figure shown below:

1 m east and 6 m south.

He is east of the starting point.