Multiple choice

Directions: Study the information given below carefully and answer the question that follows: In a playing ground, Dinesh, Kunal, Nitin, Atul and Prashant are standing as described below facing North. (i) Kunal is 40 metres to the right of Atul. (ii) Dinesh is 60 metres to the south of Kunal. (iii) Nitin is 25 metres to the west of Atul. (iv) Prashant is 90 metres to the north of Dinesh.

Who is to the northeast of the person who is the left of Kunal?

  1. Dinesh

  2. Nitin

  3. Atul

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Set up coordinates with Atul at origin (0,0). Kunal is 40m right (east) of Atul, so Kunal at (40,0). Person to left of Kunal is Atul. Dinesh is 60m south of Kunal at (40,-60). Nitin is 25m west of Atul at (-25,0). Prashant is 90m north of Dinesh at (40,30). Relative to Atul (0,0), Prashant at (40,30) is in quadrant 1 (northeast direction). So Prashant is northeast of the person left of Kunal.

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