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Directions: Study the information given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

On a playing ground, Dinesh, Kunal, Nitin, AtuI and Prashant are standing as described below facing North.

(i) Kunal is 40 metres to the right of AtuI.

(ii) Dinesh is 60 metres to the south of Kunal.

(iii) Nitin is 25 metres to the west of AtuI.

(iv) Prashant is 90 metres to the north of Dinesh.

If a boy walks from Nitin, meets AtuI followed by Kunal, Dinesh and then Prashant, how many metres has he walked if he has travelled the straight distance all through?

A)  155 metres       

B)         185 metres

C)  215 metres       

D)         245 metres

Correct Answer: C

Solution :

Required distance                                                                             \[=\text{NA}+\text{AK}+\text{KD}+\text{DP}\]                                                                                                                             \[=\left( \text{25}+\text{4}0+\text{6}0+\text{9}0 \right)\text{m}\]                                                                                                                                                                                                     \[=\text{215m}.\]