Question

Tanya drove 4 miles south and 3 miles west. Using a coordinate plane to represent her trip, let the y-axis run north and south, let the x-axis run east and west, and let her original position be the intersection of the axes. Which ordered pair best represents her final location?compass with four arrows coming out from the center. The arrow pointing up is north, the arrow pointing down is south, the arrow pointing right is east and the arrow pointing left is west.

(4, –3)

(3, –4)

(–3, –4)

(–4, 3)

Answer 1

4 down, 3 right
north/south = y value
left/right = x value
so?

Answer 2

nope.

Answer 3

4 down = y value
3 right = x value.

Answer 4

Or it might be a ?

Answer 5

stop guessing.

Answer 6

use the given information and conclude.

Answer 7

up/down = positive / negative
right / left = positive / negative

Answer 8

Ok, C. (-3,-4)

Answer 9

no -_-

Answer 10

3 right , 4 down.

Answer 11

Omg im confused

Answer 12

i don't know how to make it anymore clear, sorry.

Answer 13

My god. Then it's b.

Answer 14

yes, but you don't know how or why.

Answer 15

Tell me why then?

Answer 16

i just explained it in all the replies i put forth.

Answer 17

3 right, -- > positive 3
4 down -- > negative 4
does that help?

Answer 18

(3,4) Yes , it does

Answer 19

-_-

Answer 20

(3,-4) *

Answer 21

LOL I dont know why u guys are making it so complicated

Answer 22

my explanation is pretty simple, just carefully read it and you'll understand, not that hard

Answer 23

Let me put it in simple way It says 4 miles south and Point on y-axis represent south direction which means y co - ordinate should and must be 4 which is the thing in secondn and third optios

Answer 24

Anyways in both the options it is negative side so we need not really worry about its direction in this case

Answer 25

Now speaking about west direction it says 3 miles west and in the graph always

up = North
left = west
Down = Siuth
Right = East

Answer 26

Got it!

Answer 27

And In The Graph Upside of Y-axis all positives and downside of Y - axis all negatives

X-axis Left side all positivves Right side all negatives :)

Answer 28

Anytime :)

Answer 29

Thanks! :)