Syam starts from a point A and walks 5 meters towards North direction and reaches point B. From here, he travels 9 meters in East direction and reaches point C. From C, he travels towards South direction and reaches point D after travelling a distance equal to AB. At last, he turns towards West direction and reaches point A. Which geometrical figure has been formed by the path travelled by him?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rectangular
The path consists of four straight stretches meeting at right angles: 5 m north, 9 m east, 5 m south (equal to AB) and finally 9 m west back to the start.
Opposite sides are equal — 5 m against 5 m and 9 m against 9 m — and every corner is a right angle, so the figure traced is a rectangle. A sphere and a cube are solids, and a parallelogram would need slanting sides.