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Amit starts from point A and walks 5 m towards North-East direction and reaches point B. From here, he travels 8 m in the East direction and reaches point C. From C, he travels towards South-West direction and reaches point D after travelling a distance equal to AB. At last, he turns towards the West direction and reaches point A. How much distance has been covered by Amit and which geometrical figure has been formed by the path travelled by him?
Options:
A .  16 m, parellelogram
B .  26 m, parellelogram
C .  26 m, square
D .  26 m, trapezium
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
According to the question, the direction diagram is as follows. 
Therefore, Required distance = AB + BC + CD + DA
= 5 + 8 + 5 + 8 = 26 m.
and the geometrical figure formed is Parallelogram.

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