Lalit walks 9 km east, turns left and walks another 8 km. He again takes a left and walks another 3 km. How far and in which direction is he now from his starting point?
Here we have to apply Pythagores theorem
sides are 8 and 6 (9-3)
$$\sqrt{8^2 + 6^2Â }$$ = 10
10 km, north east
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