SSC CPO SI and ASI 2015 Paper

Question : 24 of 199

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Arjun starts from school and walks 4 km towards west, turns right and walks 3 km. Then he plans to return to school, but only by the shortest path. What is the shortest distance between the school and the point where he stopped?

3 km
16 km
25 km
5 km

Validate

Solution:

(4)

The shortest path is BO. In triangle, ABO

{BO}=\√{3^{2}+4^{2}}=√{25}=5

km (by Pythagoras Theorem).

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