Help me with this geometry problem, please?

Question

Will you help me with this geometry question, please?
Thank you a bunch.
And show/explain how to get the result?

I go 100 miles North, 100 miles west, and 100 miles south, ending up at the same spot where I began. Where did I begin?

Thanks a bunch. <3

Answer 1

You have to think outside the box for this one.
You start out on the south pole. When you go north, you go straight away from the pole, go 100 miles west (staying 100 miles north of the south pole) then when you go 100 miles south again, you end up back on the south pole.

The secret is that usually, we think of the earth as flat, and therefore North,South,East and West as forming 90degree angles and perfect squares. On the poles, this isn't the case.

Answer 2

The south pole. The south pole is 100 miles south of any point that is 100 miles north of it, regardless of where you are on the circle connecting all points 100 miles north of the pole.

Answer 3

you don't end up at the same spot you began, you end up 100 miles west of where you began.


start by drawing vertical line north and label it 100 miles. then draw another line that goes 100 miles west. then draw another line that goes 100 miles south. you end up with an unfinished square, hence you don't end up in the same spot you started out in.