Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: Practice Questions

A person starts from a point A and travels $3 km$ Eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and the destination is-

Anurag goes 30 m North, then turns right and walks 40 m, then again turns right and walks 20 m, then again turns right and walks 40 m. How many metres  away is he from his initial position?

A man walks 30 m towards South. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30 m. Then, turning to his left, he walks 20 m. Again, he turns to his left and walks 30 m. How far is he from his initial position(shortest distance)?

Tanuj travelled from point X to point Y, which is 80 m towards east of point X. Then he turned right and walked 50 m, then again turned right and walked 70 m. Finally, he turned right and walked 50 m. How far is he from the starting point?

Ashok went 15 m to the West from his house, then he turned left and walked 20 m. He, then turned East and walked 25 m and finally turning left, he covered 20 m. How far was he from his house?

A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns South and walks 10 m. Then, he walks 35 m towards the West and further 5 m towards the North. He then turns towards East and walks 15 m. What is the straight distance (in m) between his initial and final positions?

Prabhat walked 40 m towards North, took a left turn and walked 20 m. He again took a left turn and walked 40 m. How far and in which direction is he from the starting point?

Kabeer walks 10 km towards North. From there, he walks 6 km towards South. Then, he walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?