Home
Class 14
REASONING
Peter walked 8 kms. west and turned righ...

Peter walked 8 kms. west and turned right and walked 3 kms. The again he turned right and walked 12 kms. How far is he from the starting point ?

A

7km

B

8km

C

4km

D

5km

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
D

`AE = sqrt((AD)^(2) + (DE)^(2)) = sqrt((3)^(2) + (4)^(2))`
` = sqrt( 9 + 16 ) = sqrt(25) = 5 km`
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • DIRECTION & DISTANCE TEST

    KIRAN PUBLICATION|Exercise TYPE - III|13 Videos

  • DIRECTION & DISTANCE TEST

    KIRAN PUBLICATION|Exercise TYPE -IV|8 Videos

  • DIRECTION & DISTANCE TEST

    KIRAN PUBLICATION|Exercise TYPE - VI|7 Videos

  • DEVIATION OF FIGURE

    KIRAN PUBLICATION|Exercise MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESITONS|7 Videos

  • EMBEDDED FIGURE

    KIRAN PUBLICATION|Exercise MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS|275 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Peter walked 8 kms. west and turned right and walked 3 kms. Then again he turned right and walked 12 kms. How far is he from the starting point ?

A man walked 10 km towards South from his house. Then he turned right and walked 6 km. He again turned right and walked 10km. Thereafter, he turned right and walked 6 km. How far was he from the starting point ?

Rajendra and Harendra start walking in opposite direction. Rajendra walked 3 km and Harendra walked 4 km. Then Rajendra turned right and walked 4 km and Harendra turned left and walked 3 km. How far is each from the starting point ?

Niki walks 5 km towards the west and turns right and walks 1 km and again turns right and walks 2 km . She again turns right and walks 1 km . How far is she from her starting point ?

Nikita walks 1kms towards West tums right and walks 2 km. Again she turns right and walks 2 kms. She again turns right and walks another 2 kms. How far is she from her starting point?

Vijay starts from his office and walks 4 km towards north. Then he turns right and walks 2km, then turns right and walks 6 km, then again turns right and walks 2 km and then turns right and walks 2 km. How far is he now from the starting point?

Ram walks 2 km to the East, then e turns to South and walks 6 km. He again turns to East and walks 2 km. Then he turns to North and walks 12 km. How far is he from the starting point ?

P walks 15 km towards east. He turns right and walks 10 km. He turns right and walks 15 km. How far (in km) is he from his starting point?

kailash walks 3 kms to East and turns South and walks 4 kms . Again truns west and walks 6 kms. How far is he from the starting point ?

KIRAN PUBLICATION-DIRECTION & DISTANCE TEST -TYPE - II
  1. A man drives his car 50 km to wards eastward direction. He turned righ...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the east befor...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Peter walked 8 kms. west and turned right and walked 3 kms. The again ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Mohan travelled westward 5 kms., turned left and travelled 3 kms., tur...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Leela starts from a point and walks 1 km east and then turns left and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. My friend and I started simultaneously towards each other from two pla...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Sudha travels 8 km to the South. Then she turns to the right and walks...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Vivek and Ashok start from a fixed point. Vivek moves 3 km north and t...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Ganesh cycles towards South West a distance of 8 m, then he moves towa...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. From my house I walked 5 km towards North. I turned right and walked 3...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A and B are standing at a distance of 20 km from each other on a strai...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Rama left home and walked 5 km southwards, turned right and walked 2 k...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Sanmitra walks 4 kms ,towards north , turns right and walks 5 k.m. T...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Sujit travelled 15 km to the west, then turned right and travelled 8 k...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. I go 5 km. east then turn right and go 8 km. Then turn left and go 5 k...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Facing the east Gopi walks straight 4 kms, turns left and walks 3 kms ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Pran and Khan start from their office and walk in opposite direction, ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Ranga starts from his house to wards south and walks 60 m then turns t...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Rohit drives his car from Bangalore towards Mysore. At a distance of 8...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Ram and Shyam started walking in opposite directions from a point. Ram...

    Text Solution

    |