A person walks 6 kilometers to the north, then turns towards the east and walks 4 kilometers. He then turns to the south and walks a further 6 kilometers. How far will he have to travel to reach the place where he started his journey and in which direction?

a. 4 kilometers south
b. 5 kilometers west
c. 4 kilometers west
d. 16 kilometers north
e. None of the above

• ans is 4 km west
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• if he goes 6 km north and turns to east and then turns south .. by drawing the sequence in a piece of paper we can observe the only way to go to original point is to turn west and to form a square so hence dist = 4 km towards direction west
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• 4 km south
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• 4 km west option c
  
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• South and north distanses are equal so he is only 4km distance from the starting point and it is in east direction
  He again moving back to orginal place so answer is 4km west
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