document.write( "Question 1109053: A person facing south takes a quarter turn to her left. She then walks 10 paces straight ahead and stops.She rotates 180 degrees and walks another 10 paces straight ahead.\r
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document.write( "After following these directions, this person is\r
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document.write( "20 paces from where she started and is facing west\r
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document.write( "20 paces from where she started and is facing east\r
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document.write( "In the same place as where she started and is facing east\r
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document.write( "In the same place as where she started and is facing west \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #724081 by Edwin McCravy(20054)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "Think of this as a bird's-eye view:\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>A person facing south... \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "She is at the red dot above, facing south (downward)\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...takes a quarter turn to her left... \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...She then walks 10 paces straight ahead and stops... \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...She rotates 180 degrees... \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...and walks another 10 paces straight ahead... \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " Now she has walked 10 paces along the same green line\r\n" ); document.write( "and now she's right back where she started, but now she's facing \r\n" ); document.write( "west (our left). \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |