Question 1189797: A drill sergeant is facing the troops, who stand facing due east. The drill sergeant gives the instructions: "Right turn! About turn! Right turn! Left turn! About turn! Right turn! About turn!" After following these directions in order, the troops face
A) North B) South C) West D) East E) Southeast
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, MarkSingh-, math_tutor2020:
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Answer by math_tutor2020(3816) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
@ikleyn, the snarky insult doesn't help anyone. It adds nothing of value. All it does is drag down the student who is genuinely asking for help.
Please STOP.
If you don't want to help (which is fine), then please don't post. Your attitude is toxic. The act of looking your nose down on someone is often a big reason why people get a sour mindset about math. Such behavior is not something a teacher should do. If you want more challenging mathematics, then you should go elsewhere. Normally I wouldn't engage in such distractions, but I've seen some of your other posts and they are of a similar nature (though thankfully not every post has unneeded "witty" commentary).
Anyways onto the math. The troops start off facing east. Turning to the right will have them face south. The compass goes North, East, South, West as you move clockwise. You can think of the saying "never eat shredded wheat" or "never eat sour worms" as two ways to remember the NESW configuration. Try to place yourself in shoes of one of the troops and go through the motions of turning. Drawing it out helps as well, which I recommend.
The phrasing "about turn" is the same as "about face". It means to turn the complete opposite direction. If the troops face south, then they'll about turn to face north.
Another right turn will have the troops face east again. A left turn will undo that and they'll face north once more.
With all the turning commands issued, it's a bit easy to get lost.
Here's a table to keep track of the directions after each command issued by the drill seargeant.
| Number | Command | Direction | | 0 | NA | East (starting direction) | | 1 | Right Turn | South | | 2 | About Turn | North | | 3 | Right Turn | East | | 4 | Left Turn | North | | 5 | About Turn | South | | 6 | Right Turn | West | | 7 | About Turn | East |
As the table shows, the troops will end up facing East when all is said and done.
Answer: D) East
Side note: I apologize for @ikleyn's rude behavior. This is not what the website is about. At all.
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