Topic 1: Direction 1. A man goes north 37km.turns left goes 2km.turns right goes 17km.turns ri ght goes 2km.

find distance b/w starting ending point. Solution: 54 km north from the starting point 2. A man sailed off from the North Pole. After covering 2,000 miles in one direction he turned West, sailed 2,000 miles, turned North and sailed ahead anot her 2,000 miles till he met his friend. How far was he from the North Pole and i n what direction? Solution: Assuming we are talking practically, The Earth is a globe. North Pole is at the topmost part of the planet. So, when he moved away from the North Pole and travelled 2000 miles, he actually travelled longitudinally towards the South Pole. Then he travelled West (according to us and not him) for 2000 miles Then he travelled North (according to us again) for 2000 miles. This will take him back to the North Pole. 3. If an airplane starts at point R and travels 14 miles directly north to S, then 48 miles directly east to T, what is the straight-line distance (in mile s) from T to R? (a) 25 (b) 34 (c) 50 (d) 2500 Solution: Note that the path of the airplane and the straight-line distance betw een S and T form a right triangle where the distance travelled north and distanc e travelled east are the two legs. By using the Pythagorean Theorem, we see that , if c is the straight-line distance, then:c^2 = 14^2 + 48^2 ==> c = v(14^2 + 48 ^2) = 50 miles. 2.4. A scientist was researching on animal behavior in his lab. He was very i nterested in analyzing the behavior of bear. For some reason he traveled 1mile i n north direction & reached at North Pole. There he saw a bear .he then followed the bear around 1 hr with a speed of 2km/hr in east direction. After that he tr aveled in south direction & reached at his lab in2 hrs. Then what is the color o f the bear? a) White b) black c) gray d) brown Solution: Ans is white. The only lo