Siva Reddy walked 2 km west of his house and then turned south covering 4 km. Finally, He moved 3 km towards east and then again 1 km west. How far is he from his initial position

Generally solving this type of questions, the candidate draw a rough diagram while reading the question. Here Siva reddy starts from his house at A, moves 2 km west upto B, then 4 km to the south upto C, 3km east upto D and finally 1km west upto E. Now all his movements can be shown in the following diagram

Now we have to calculate the distance between A and E. From the above diagram 'ABCE' is a rectangle. AB =CE; BC = AE

∴AE = 4 km