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A child is looking for his father. He went 90 meters in the east before turning to his right. He went 20 meters before turning to is right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 meters from this point. His father was not there. From there, he went 100 meters to his north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from starting point ?

80 metre
90 metre
100 metre
110 metre

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Clearly, the child moves from A to B 90 metres eastwards upto B, then turns right and moves 20 metre upto C, then turns right and moves upto 30 metre upto D. Finally he turns right and moves upto 100 metre upto E.

So AB = 90 metre, BF = CD = 30 metre,
So, AF = AB - BF = 60 metre

Also DE = 100 metre, DF = BC = 20 metre
So, EF = DE - DF = 80 metre

as we can see in image that triangle AFE is a right angled triangle and we are having two sides, need to calculate third one, so we can apply Pythagoras theorem here

\begin{aligned}
A = AE = \sqrt{AF^2 + EF^2} \\
= \sqrt{(60)^2+(80)^2} \\
= \sqrt{3600+6400} \\
= \sqrt{10000} = 100
\end{aligned}

So from starting point his father was 100 metre away.

1. Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20 metres towards South. He turned left and walked 30 metres. He then turned left and walked 20 metres. He again turned left and walked 40 metres and reached a point Q. How far and in which direction is the point Q from the point P ?

30 metres, West
10 metres, West
30 metres, North
10 metres, North

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Please refer to the image for movements.

Distance from the P to Q is 10 metres and direction of Q with reference to to P is west.

2. A dog runs 20 metre towards East and turns Right, runs 10 metre and turns to right, runs 9 metre and again turns to left, runs 5 metre and then turns to left, runs 12 metre and finally turns to left and runs 6 metre. Now which direction dog is facing ?

East
North
West
South

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Now dog is facing North.

3. Rohit walked 25 metres towards South. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his left and walked 25 metres. He again turned to his right and walked 15 metres. At what distance is he from the starting point and in which direction ?

35 metre, North
30 metre, South
35 metre, East
30 metre, North

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The movements of Rohit are shown in figure.
Rohit's distance from the starting point A will be
AE = AD+DE = 20 + 15 = 35 metre

And direction with reference to the starting point is east.

4. Gaurav walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns left and walks 20 metres. Further, he moves 20 metres after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position ?

40 metres
50 metres
60 metres
70 metres

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Please check the movements of Gaurav in the figure.
Now, Gaurav distance from his initial position A to E

AE = (AD+DE) = 40 + 20 = 60 metres.

5. A man is facing north. He turns 45 degree in the clockwise direction and then another 180 degree in the same direction and then 45 degree in the anticlockwise direction. Find which direction he is facing now ?

North
East
West
South

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Please refer to the explanation image.
The man firstly faces the direction OA. On moving 45 degree clockwise, he faces the direction OB.
Now again he moved 180 degree clockwise, now he will be facing OC. From here he moved 45 degree anticlockwise, Finally he is facing OD, which is South direction.