A ship after sailing 12 km to wards sout...

A ship after sailing 12 km to wards south from a particular place covered 5 km more towards east. Then the straightway distance of the ship from that place is

18km

11km

13km

15km

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` OB =sqrt(12^2 + 5^2)`
` = sqrt169`
=13km

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