Question

Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below. A man walks 8m towards east to reach point p. He turns to his right and walks 5m to reach point q. Then, he turns to his left and walks 9m to reach point r and he turns to his right and walks 11m to reach point s. Finally he turns to his right and walks 20m to reach point t. If a man walked 3m towards east from point t to reach point u, then what is the distance between point u and starting point?

Answer 1

Answer:

33 metres

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The distance between starting point and point 'u' is equal to 16m.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the distance between the starting point and point 'u', we need to draw a diagram so that we can understand in which path the man is walking.

• First draw the four direction on a paper. Then consider a starting point at center and draw line of 8m length in east direction and give it point 'p'.
• From point 'p' draw 'pq' line of 5m  towards south direction.
• From point 'q' draw a line 'qr' towards east direction.
• Draw a line 'rs' of length 11m towards south direction from point r.
• From point s draw a line 'st' of 20m towards west direction.
• Draw a line 'tu' of length 3m from point t back towards east direction.

From the figure we can see that, the point u lies exactly below the starting point

Distance between point u and starting point = pq + rs

                                                                         = 5m + 11m = 16m  

Therefore the distance between point u and starting point is 16m.