Abhinav started running from his house, ...

Abhinav started running from his house, he first ran for 12 km towards west, then he turned towards north and ran 16 km in that direction. How far Abhinav is from his house and in which direction ?

13 km South

13 km North

15 km West

20 km North-West

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The correct Answer is:

`AC = sqrt((AB)^(2) +(BC)^(2))`
` = sqrt((12)^(2) + (16)^(2))`
`= sqrt( 144 + 256)`
` = sqrt(400) = 20 km`
Direction `rArr` North - West .

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