Question

At take off, a plane flies 100 km north before turning to fly 200 km east. How far is its destination from where the plane took off?

Question 3 options:

200 km


300 km


173 km


224 km

Answer 1

The destination is 224 km from where the plane took off. Therefore correct option is (d).

First the plane turns 100 km North, and than 200 km East. Since both the directions are perpendicular to each other, therefore we can apply the Pythagoras theorem to calculate the distance between the destination and the point where plane took off

`D^(2)`=100^{2}+200^{2}

D=223.60 km=224 km

Therefore, The destination is 224 km from where the plane took off