Johnson left for his office in his car He drove 15 km towards north and then 10 km towards west He then turned to the south and covered 5 km Further he turned to the east and moved 8 km Finally he turned right and drove 10 km How far and in which direction is he from his starting point ?

2 km west

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Solution

The correct option is A 2 km west
Clearly Johnson drove 15 km from A to B north wards
and then 10 km from B to C towards west He then
moves 5 km southwards from C to D and 8 km east-
wards upto E Finally he turned right and moved 10 km upto F
∴ A and F lie in the same straight line and F lies to the west of A
So Johnson's distance from the starting point
A = AF = (BC - DE) = (10 - 8)km = 2km.

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