Ammy starts from a point A and walks 6 m towards North-East direction and reaches point B. From here, she travels 10 m in East direction and reaches point C. From C, she travels towards South-West direction and reaches point D after travelling a distance equal to AB. At last, she turns towards West direction and reaches point A.
Which geometrical figure has been formed by the path travelled by her?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Parallelogram
The path has two pairs of sides: AB and CD are both 6 m long and run in opposite directions (North-East and South-West), so they are parallel; BC and DA are both 10 m long and run East and West, so they are parallel too. A four-sided figure whose opposite sides are equal and parallel is a parallelogram.
The other options are solids (three-dimensional shapes), and a path walked on the ground can only trace a flat figure.