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towards east, then he turns

right and travels 2 meters
then travels 5 meters towards
left

and

then

proceeds

meters northwards and finally

travels 2 meters westwards.
Howfarishefromhishousein
theverticaldirection?
Sol : The distance covered by the
person in the northsouth direction
fromhishouseisequalto22=0
meters (Here please keep in mind
thathehasactuallytraveled2+2=
4 meters in the northsouth
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towardssouth,effectively,heis0m
away from his house in the north
southdirection).
4.Startingfromonelocation,a
person travels a distance of 5
meters

southwards,

then

travels a distance of 7 meters

leftwards,

then

travels

meters northwards and finally

travels 6 meters eastward to
reach a new location. What is
the distance he travelled from
hispreviouslocation?
Sol : The distance traveled by
vertically is 55 = 0 meters and
the distance travelled horizontally
isequalto7+6=13m.Therefore,
the distance travelled from his
original location is also equal to
13m.
5.

person
starts
from his
house
and
goes

meters
towards
east, then turns towards right
and goes 25 meters and again
goes towards east traveling 15
meters and then turns left and
travels for 18 meters. He then
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goes towards east and travels

7 meters. How far is he from
hishouse?
Sol : If we represent the path
coveredbyhiminadiagram,itwill
appearasfollows.
The

total

distance

travelled

horizontally is equal to 2+15+7 =

24 metres and the total distance
travelled vertically is 2518 = 7
metres.
So, the total distance travelled will
be equal to root (24 2 + 7 2 ) =
25m
That'sallfornowfriends.Weshall
discuss

some

more

practice

exercises on Directions in our next

post.Allthebestandhappyreading
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