Doctor's House!!! | 10 Dec, 2009

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9Dec2009,21:13   #1
pankaj.sea's Avatar
Suppose, Saurav starts for his college from his house at Kolkata. He walks 3 KM east, turns right and covers 2 KM to reach his college. After college, he turns right and walks 3 KM to see the doctor. In which direction is the doctor's house from Saurav's house? Explain

Options:
a) North
b) East
c) South
d) West
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10Dec2009,20:04   #2
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Approved
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10Dec2009,22:00   #3
sameer_havakajoka's Avatar
West
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10Dec2009,22:47   #4
venami's Avatar
House------east(3km)---------->Turns right(So goes south)
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|2km
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Doctor<-----west(3km)---------Turns right(So goes west)


So from Saurav's house, the doctor's house is towards SOUTH.

Am I right?
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10Dec2009,22:50   #5
venami's Avatar
You can imagine a rectangle here...
I tried to draw the picture in TXT mode, but my efforts went in vain.
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11Dec2009,00:39   #6
nimesh's Avatar
Venami's drawing:
Code: sql
House ----east(3km)---->Turns right(So goes south)
.                                        |
.                                        |2km
.                                        |
.                                        |
Doctor <----west(3km)---Turns right(So goes west) 
 

So the answer is south
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11Dec2009,00:43   #7
nimesh's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by pankaj.sea View Post
.....he turns right and walks 3 KM to see the doctor
hoping that Saurav went to see doctor at his (doctor's) house, the answer would be
c) South
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11Dec2009,07:17   #8
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Yeah! The Answer Is South! Because the question was
Quote:
In which direction is the doctor's house from Saurav's house?

Venami, your drawing is correct but your answer is wrong! So the winner is Nimesh!
Congrats!
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11Dec2009,07:22   #9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pankaj.sea View Post
Yeah! The Answer Is South! Because the question was


Venami, your drawing is correct but your answer is wrong! So the winner is Nimesh!
Congrats!
SORRY GUYS! I've mingled Sameer's and Venami's answer! The Winner Is Venami not Nimesh!
Don't Mind Ha!
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11Dec2009,08:27   #10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nimesh View Post
Venami's drawing:

Code: sql
</p>
<p>House ----east(3km)---->Turns right(So goes south)</p>
<p>. |</p>
<p>. |2km</p>
<p>. |</p>
<p>. |</p>
<p>Doctor <----west(3km)---Turns right(So goes west)</p>
<p>



So the answer is south
I thought of avoiding the CODE tag while posting. So tried to draw the picture in TXT mode

Thanks for the drawing

@pankaj: Thanks !