Verbal Reasoning - Direction Sense Test - Discussion

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8.
Starting from the point X, Jayant walked 15 m towards west. He turned left and walked 20 m. He then turned left and walked 15 m. After this he turned to his right and walked 12 m. How far and in which directions is now Jayant from X?
32 m, South
47 m, East
42 m, North
27 m, South
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Discussion:
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Umer abdullah said:   2 months ago
32m South is the right answer.

Aditya said:   3 months ago
32 meter West is the correct answer.

Sahiba parveen said:   5 years ago
Then it would be Jayant walked 15 m to East.
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Acchu papu said:   6 years ago
X could have been taken from right.
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Akshay bhure said:   8 years ago
He turned left and walked 20.

Please explain this.

Chandhan said:   8 years ago
Thanks for the given explanations.

Anant Gupta said:   9 years ago
I could have taken x from anywhere.

Prashant said:   9 years ago
@Snehal.

Because we needed the direction from point X so, we considered the distance from that point vertically.
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Snehal said:   1 decade ago
Only vertical direction is consider not horizontal. Why?
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Ananya said:   1 decade ago
Why is it that only 20 m and 12 m are considered and not the 15 m (between a and x, b and c)?
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