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Arun wants to go to Anu's home. Anu's home is North-West of Priya's home, which is East of Tharun's home. Tharun's home is North-West of Arun's home. In which direction is Arun's home from Anu's home?

  1. A
    North-East
  2. B
    South-West
  3. C
    North-West
  4. D
    South-East

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let's plot the locations on a Cartesian coordinate grid system where Priya's home is at the origin .
* Anu's home is North-West of Priya's home. North-West means a angle split between North and West lines.





So, Anu is at .
* Priya's home is East of Tharun's home. This means Tharun's home is West of Priya's home:



* Tharun's home is North-West of Arun's home. This implies Arun's home is South-East of Tharun's home:





So, Arun is at .

Now, comparing Arun's position relative to Anu's home:

* From to , you must move East () and South ().
Therefore, Arun's home is in the South-East direction relative to Anu's home.

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Arun wants to go to Anu's home. Anu's home is North-West of Priya's home, which is East of Tharun's home. Tharun's home is North-West of Arun's home. In which direction is Arun's home from Anu's home?
A
North-East
B
South-West
C
North-West
D
South-East

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