A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest

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Q: 148 (IAS/2000)
A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and destination is

question_subject: 

Maths

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,13,10,1,7,13,2

keywords: 

{'shortest distance': [0, 1, 0, 1], 'distance': [0, 3, 3, 3], 'km eastwards': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'destination': [0, 2, 2, 3], 'km': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'person': [3, 1, 18, 13], 'thrice': [3, 1, 3, 1]}