Question

Your GPS unit gave your location as 14.5N, 49.5E. If you wanted to go to 10N, 45E, in which direction would you have to travel?

A. Southwest
B. Southeast
C. Northeast
D. Northwest

(I choose B but it came up as A and I don't really understand why... so like if someone could explain why the answer is A that would be great...)

Thanks in advance--

Answer 1

A. Southwest

Step-by-step explanation:

If we have coordinates of 14.5 N, 49.5 E as a starting point and we want to go the the coordinates of 10 N, 45 E, then we will move in a southwestern direction. This is fairly easy to explain 14.5 N is further north than 10 N, as the greater the number, the greater the distance from the Equator, so 10 N is located on the south of 14.5 N. 49.5 E is further east than 45 E, again with the same principle, the greater the number, the further away it is from the Prime Meridian, so 45 E is west of 49.5 E. Since we have 10 N being south of 14.5 N, and 45 E being west of 49.5 E, if we make a line it will come to be a diagonal in a southwestern direction.