Question

A well planned locality, has two straight roads perpendicular to each other. There are 5 lanes parallel to Road - I. Each lane has 8 houses as seen in figure. Chaitanya lives in the 6^th house of the 5^th lane and Hamida lives in the 2^nd house of the 2^nd lane. What will be the shortest distance between their houses?

(A) 10 units

(B) 12 units

(C) 6 units

(D) 5 units

Answer 1

The correct option is: (D) 5 units

Explanation:

According to question,

Coordinates of Chaitanya's house is (6, 5)

Coordinates of Hamida's house is (2, 2)

.'. Shortest distance between their houses