A man moves 4 m. towards east then 3 m. towards left after then 8 m. towards right then 6 m.toward

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29 Oct 2009 plot a graph

A man moves 4 m. towards east then 3 m. towards left after then 8 m. towards right then 6 m.towards right
then 16 m. towards right. Finally he moves 4m towards north followed by 4 m. towards right.
What is his distance from the starting point.

OPtion

1) 1 m.
2) 2 m.
3) 3 m.
4) 4 m.
5) 5 m.
6) 6 m.
7) 7 m.
8) 8 m.
9) 9 m.
10) 10 m.

Solution

a graph to obtain the result.

Correct Option: 1 Best Solution (8)

Pargat Pal Singh   14 years AGO

By plotting the graph , the distance of final point from starting point is found to be 1 m....option 1.

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Dr.Dipin Singh   14 years AGO

Deaw the diagram for his movement and we find that the man is one mtr. away from his original position.

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Dolly   14 years AGO

Tracking the route of man from starting point to final point , it is seen that he is at a distance of 1 mtr from starting point.

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SHUBHAM   14 years AGO

the person will be standing 1m north of his home.
he went north 4m while the distance was 3m so ans is 1m

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Bimal   14 years AGO

Observing various distances , it is clear that he will be 1 mtr north of starting position.

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vijaya   14 years AGO

as going on drawing the graph ...we get shape like this. |------------------|
|----------e.p | 8 |
|4 4 |3 |6
| s.p ---------| |
|---------------------------------------
16

now distance between starting point and ending point is 1 meter.

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SURAJ   14 years AGO

after moving all its move it reaches to a point which is 1m. towards north from the starting point.
so ans=1m.

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Anantha Krishna   14 years AGO

He moved in so many direction but finally he stood 1 mt away fro the starting point.

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