A man is facing East, then he turns left and goes , then turns right and goes then goes to the South and from there to the West. In which direction is he from his original place?

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East

West

North

South

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Concept- Draw the diagram as instructed in the question. According to the graphic, we can see that it is north of the original location.
The man turns east, turns left and walks 10m. Then turn right and proceed 5m. Then go 5m
5 metres south and from there to the west.
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When resolving this kind of question, you need to follow the steps below. It is mentioned in the notification section above. So you start from O and go 10m to reach A towards the north, turn right and walk 5m to reach point B and proceed 5m south. And it extends to P, and you can clearly see that point P is in the north direction.
Hence, the correct option is 3.

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