A man moves 5 km to the south direction. Then he turns east and travels 5 km again. Then he turns north and travels 5 km. He finds himself at the same place/point from where he had started. He then kills a tiger. Tell the color of the tiger.
A person can come to the same point after traveling south, east, and north only if he is at the North Pole... Antarctica. And as far as my knowledge goes, there are no tigers on Antarctica, and if there are, then the color of the tiger will be white.
Visualize the North Pole and then check. By traveling 5 km south, east, and north, he would be making a triangle and not one side short of a square. So, he would end up at the same point again. For better understanding, use a globe, follow the latitudes and longitudes, and see.
I loved the way you wrote it! As far as the description of the color of the tiger, an Indian Tiger is undoubtedly of orange and black. The person will not come at the same place/point. The person kills the tiger. The tiger in the world is of only two colors: a) Black and Orange (Indian Tiger) b) White (Non-Indian Tiger). So, the color depends upon whether the person killed the tiger in India or outside.
Visualize the North Pole and then check. By traveling 5 km south, east, and north, he would be making a triangle and not one side short of a square. So he would end up at the same point again. For better understanding, use a globe, follow the latitudes & longitudes, and see.
Deepti, then we can't say he moved 5 km towards the north; rather, he moved northwest. Only then can he reach the same point, making a triangle.
Deepti, then we can't say he moved 5 km towards north; rather, he moved northwest. Only then can he reach the same point, forming a triangle.
Please check the globe. Draw a line from the center of the pole along the longitude towards south, then along the latitude towards west (which will be curved up and not straight as the earth is round, not flat), and then along the longitude towards north; it will form a triangle.
'Northwest' direction is not applicable to the North Pole. This is because the longitudes converge at the North Pole. Essentially, all the longitudes start at the same point. So, when you travel equal distances on any two longitudes, they lead you to the same place.
Hope this helped. Mr. Peer, I request you to kindly let me know if I am wrong.
A man flies into the sky in an airplane (with sufficient fuel). Starting from 1 km above Hyderabad, he travels 1000 kms east, then turns right at a right angle and travels another 1000 kms. He turns right at a right angle again, travels another 1000 kms, and once more turns right at a right angle. After traveling 1000 kms, where does he end up?
I can understand that the longitude converges at the North Pole as you mentioned. The same is true for the South Pole. However, the problem is that directions do not converge. North remains north, and south remains south. Therefore, a person cannot be in the same place even though the longitude aligns, as explained by you. If that is the answer, then the question is wrong because it does not specify whether the person travels straight or diagonally.
Another point to consider is why a tiger would be present at the North and South Poles where there is no food for it. Even if there were a tiger, the person would have difficulty identifying it as it would be white and blend in with the environment. Additionally, hitting the target in such extreme cold would be very challenging for the person.
What Deepti is saying is 100% correct. The measurements on paper will not match with the ball-shaped globe. Not only on the South/North pole, but on the equator also, some measurements on paper will not match for the globe.
Take the above example posted by me earlier (reproduced below, again):
"One person at 1 km altitude in the sky (over any South Indian place) goes 1000 kms towards east, then he turns right angle right side and travels another 1000 kms and again turns right angle right side proceeds 1000 kms and once again turns right angle right side and concludes his journey after travelling 1000 kms. Where does he reach? In geometrical point of view, it seems that he reaches the original point. But due to maintaining the same altitude from the earth and since the earth is not flat, he reaches some distance away from the original point."
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Venkatesh
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