Question 37

Miss 'Lilly' started her journey from her house and goes 2 km straight. Then, she turns towards her right and goes 1 km. She again turns towards her right and goes 1 km again. If finally she is in the north-west direction from her house, then in which direction did she go in the beginning ?

Solution

Let Miss Lilly start moving towards North direction. So the diagram would be as follows:

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According to this diagram, Lilly is currently in the North - East Direction from her house. 

If we tilt to make the current direction of Lilly in North - West direction, we get the following diagram,

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Hence, Lilly would have initially moved in in the West Direction.


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