Direction sense · solved example
A person starts from a point and walks 6 km towards the south, then 5 km towards the west, then 6 km towards the south. In which direction is the person now from the starting point?
- South-east
- North
- North-west
- North-east
- South-westCorrect
Solution
The net movement is 5 km west and 12 km south, which places the person to the South-west of the start.