Mahesh's movement is based on turns from his starting direction. We track his direction after each turn to find his final position.
Direction after Turns
- Starting Point: Mahesh begins facing East.
- First Right Turn: From East, a right turn changes his direction to South.
- Second Right Turn: From South, another right turn changes his direction to West.
- Left Turn: From West, a left turn changes his direction to South.
- Final Direction: After completing the two right turns and one left turn, Mahesh is facing South.
Therefore, the final direction Mahesh is facing is South.
Similar Questions
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Which of the following will take him to point P from point T?
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Important Questions from Direction and Distance Turns
Shweta starts walking from her office and walks 150 m towards the south, then she turns right and walks 80 m, and then she turns left and walks 60 m. She finally turns left and walks 280 m to reach a bank. What is the shortest distance between her office and the bank?
Starting from her home, a woman walks 10 km towards the west. She turns left and walks 25 km. Again she turns left and walks 10 km. After that, she again turns left and walks 5 km. How far is she from her house now?
A. 35
B. 20
C. 25
D. 40
A man travels 15 km towards the east, then turns right and travels 20 km. He then turns left and travels 30 km. Finally, he takes a right turn and covers 40 km. The shortest distance between the starting point and the destination is:
A man starts from point ‘O’, travels 20 km towards East to reach point ‘A’, turns right and travels 10 km to reach point 'B', turns right and travels 9 km to reach point 'C', turns right and travels 5 km to reach point 'D', turns left and travels 12 km to reach point 'E' and then turns right and travels 6 km to reach point 'F'.
In which direction is the man facing now?
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