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A man walks 10 km North then 6 km East. Distance from start is
AAbout 4.00 km in total
BAbout 16.0 km in total
CAbout 11.66 km
DAbout 60.0 km in total
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. About 11.66 km
1. Use Pythagoras: sqrt(10^2 + 6^2) = sqrt(136).
2. sqrt(136) is about 11.66 km.
3. Hence option A.
_Source: jkchrome.com SSC Distance and Direction PDF (Mistral OCR), section on distance calculation_
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