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Tips to Solve Direction Sense Questions in Reasoning Section
DISTANCE AND DIRECTION
According to geography there are 8-directions:
4-cardinal directions North, South, East and West
4-subsidiary directions North-East, North-west, South-east, South-west
NORTH
NORTH-WEST
NORTH-EAST
WEST
EAST
SOUTH-WEST
SOUTH-EAST
SOUTH
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PYTHAGORAS THEOREM:
This theorem is sometimes needed to find out the distance covered by an individual in
the question.
It states that, in a right angled triangle the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the
square root of the sum of squares of the other two sides.
Where, H=Hypotenuse
X=Height
Y=Base
Therefore, according to the theorem H2 = X2 + Y2
i.e., H= (X2+ Y2)
IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER WHILE SOLVING DISTANCE-DIRECTION
QUESTION:
To know the directions on the plane of paper
To sketch out the directions as per the instructions in the question
To remember that on the surface of paper
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QUESTION:
Ajith walks 10km towards North. From there he walks 6km towards south, then he turns
left and walks 3km.
1) At what distance is Ajith from the original position?
(a) 7km
(b) 5km
(c) 3km
(d) 4km
(b) West
(c) South-East
(d) East
SOLUTION:
Take the starting point as A
Now, Ajith walks 10km towards North.
B
10km
A
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The point 10km to the north is taken as B, AB=10km
From there he walks 6km towards south i.e., from B Ajith walks 6km
downwards again.
B
6km
10km
C
4km
A
The point at 6km towards south is taken as C, such that BC=6km
So AC=4km [AB-BC=10-6=4]
then he turns left and walks 3km i.e., he turns in the anti-clockwise direction
from C i.e., towards east and walks 3km in the same direction
B
6km
10km
3km
C
4km
A
The point 3km in the east is taken as D, such that CD=3km and D is the end
point of the journey of Ajith
(b) 5km
(c) 3km
(d) 4km
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Therefore, the distance of Ajith from the original position is the distance
between A and D
B
6km
10km
3km
C
4km
X
A
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(b) West
(c) South-East
(d) East
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