8th Class
Mental Ability
Direction Sense Test
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Direction Sense Test
question_answer
Malti walked 12 metres towards West, then turns to her right and walked 8 metres and then turns to her left and walked 6 metres. Finally she turns around and walked 12 m straight. What is the shortest distance (in metres) between her starting point and the present position?
A) 30
B) 20
C) 10
D) none of these
Correct Answer:
C
Solution :
: Maiti is at 0 initially and finally reached at D. Now, use Pythagoras theorem in \[\Delta ADO\] Distance between her initial and final position is DO.