Question

a railway engine starts shunting wagons by going 1200m north of railway station. then it reverser and travels 1650m south after which it again moves 850m north. finally after pulling a wagon 1000m south the engine driver takes rest. how far is the engine from the station? it is to the station's north or south​

Answer 1

Answer:

600m south

Step-by-step explanation:

let us take north as positive and south as negative.

then

+ 1200 - 1650 + 850 - 1000

=> 2050 - 2650

=> -600m

As we took south as negative and we got a negative value, it is 600m towards south.

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