There are two persons, Basu and Vinay, who walked from different points to reach a common point A. Basu started walking from point C in the north direction. After walking 3 m, he turns right from point E; he then walks for another 3 m and turns right from point D. He then walks for 7 m and

Question

There are two persons, Basu and Vinay, who walked from different points to reach a common point A. Basu started walking from point C in the north direction. After walking 3 m, he turns right from point E; he then walks for another 3 m and turns right from point D. He then walks for 7 m and then turns left from point G and walks for 5 m till point F. He then turns left and walks for 3 m and then turns right from point N and walks for 6 m till point A. Vinay started walking from point X in the north direction. After walking 9 m, he turns left from point Z and walks for 6 m and then turns left from point Y. He then walks for 4 m and then turns left from point P and walks for 9 m till point Q. He then turns right and walks for 2 m till point A. If Vinay returns to his starting point by covering the shortest distance, what distance does he cover while moving from the final to the initial point?

Accepted Answer

3√2 m. Track Vinay’s movements step by step to determine his net displacement from the starting point. The shortest distance back is the straight-line distance, which comes out to be 3√2 m.

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