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A blind person after walking each 10 steps in one direction, each of length 80 cm, turns randomly the left or to right by `90^@`. After walking a total of 40 steps the maximum possible displacement the person from his starting position could be (A) 320 m (B) 32 m (C) `16/sqrt2` m (D) `16sqrt2` m

A

30 m

B

`16sqrt(2) m`

C

`8sqrt(2) m`

D

0 m

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