Reasoning Class 5 Direction Sense Test

Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.

A person is travelled 20 km West, then 16 km South, then 16 km North and then 27 km East. How far is he from the starting point?

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Answer: B. 7 km

The answer is B. 7 km.
The 16 km South and 16 km North movements cancel each other out, leaving the person on the same horizontal line as the start. To find the final distance, you subtract the 20 km West from the 27 km East, which equals 7 km.

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