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A Couple started to their offices in the morning from their home. While husband drives 3 km South and then 2 km to his right to reach his office, wife goes 2 km towards East for her office. With respect to husband's office, how far and in which direction is the wife's office ?

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CUET PG 2026 Agri-Business Management Question Paper (25-Mar-2026) (Shift 2)
The correct answer is
5 km, North-east

The couple starts their journey from a common point, which we can assume as the origin of our coordinate system for clarity.

  1. Husband drives 3 km South from their home, which we denote as moving 3 units down the y-axis from the origin. His position becomes \((0, -3)\).
  2. Then, he turns 2 km to his right, which is towards the West, moving 2 units on the negative x-axis from his current position. Thus, his final position is \((-2, -3)\).

Now, look at the wife's journey:

  1. Wife moves 2 km towards the East from their home, which is 2 units on the positive x-axis. Therefore, her position becomes \((2, 0)\).

To find the distance and direction of the wife's office relative to the husband's office:

  1. The relative position can be found by subtracting the husband's final coordinates from the wife's coordinates. This gives: \[ \text{Relative position} = (2 - (-2), 0 - (-3)) = (4, 3) \]
  2. The distance is calculated using the distance formula: \[ \text{Distance} = \sqrt{(4)^2 + (3)^2} = \sqrt{16 + 9} = \sqrt{25} = 5 \text{ km} \]
  3. The direction can be inferred as North-East, considering the relative positive x-axis direction (East) and positive y-axis direction (North).

Thus, the wife's office is located 5 km to the North-east of the husband's office.

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  2. If a map is placed in such a manner that east becomes southeast, then what will northeast become?
  3. The door of Aman's house faces east. From the back side of his house, Aman walks straight 30m. Again he walks 20m after turning to his left, then he turns to his right and walks 30m. Finally he turn towards north and walks 20m and stops. So, what is the distance between the starting and the end point?
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