Matthew's home is 2000 m west of his school. If Matthew's home is assigned a position of zero (0) and the school is assigned position of +2000. What would be the assigned value of position of Eric's home if it is 300 m west of Matthew's home?

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Matthew's home is 2000 m west of his school.  If Matthew's home is assigned a position of zero (0) and the school is assigned position of +2000.  What would be the assigned value of position of Eric's home if it is 300 m west of Matthew's home?

anonymous · Answer

-300 because Erics home is in the opposite direction from school, relative to Matt's home, and 300m away

anonymous · Answer

Thank you