Question

shati travels a distance of 5m towards the east from her house, she then travels a distance of 8m towards the North and then travels a distance of 4m towards the East and finally 12m towards North. what is her vertical distance from her house?
explain with a rough figure

Answer 1

From house she will go 5m east that is right side. then she will go 8m north i.e. upward. now again 4m east i.e. right-side. and 12m north i.e. upward.

so to calculate the vertical distance we will add the distance towards north i.e. upward.
it means distance will be 8m+12m = 20m

Answer 2

The Vertical distance will be the total distance she travels in north direction. so Answer is 8 +12 = 20m.