Question

Anna lives 2.5 miles to the east of her school, and Ben lives 2 miles to the west of the same school.

Anna draws a map with a number line connecting her house to Ben’s house. On the number line, the school is at 0 and her house is at the point +2.5. On the map, Ben’s house is at the point .

Answer 1

Ben's house is at the point -2.

Explanation:

Since his house is 2 miles in the opposite direction, he would have to be -2.

Answer 2

Ben's house is at point -2.

Explanation:

Anna lives 2.5 miles to the east.

And Ben lives 2 miles to the west.

Let 1 mile = 1 unit in x axis.

Where west is the negative axis and east is the positive axis. Also their school located at origin .i.e at x=0

From the attached figure we can see that Ben's house is at point -2.