Question

Jaxon and Isaac live different directions from the city center. Jaxon lives 10 blocks east and 5 blocks north. Isaac lives 8 blocks west and 15 blocks south. a. The city center is the origin. What would the coordinates be for Jaxon and Isaac

Answer 1

Answer: The coordinates of Jaxon and Isaac would be (10,5) and (-8,15) respectively.

Explanation:

Let Y denotes North direction.

Let Y' denotes South direction.

Let X denotes East direction.

Let X' denotes West direction.

Jaxon lives 10 blocks east and 5 blocks north.

It means the point is in the north east direction.

i.e. it is in 1 st quadrant.

So, Coordinate of Jaxon would be (10,5)

Similarly,

Isaac lives 8 blocks west and 15 blocks south.

It means the point is in the south west direction.

i.e. it is in the 3rd quadrant.

So, Coordinates of Isaac would be (-8,15).

So, the coordinates of Jaxon and Isaac would be (10,5) and (-8,15) respectively.

Answer 2

Explanation:

As shown in the figure attached Jaxon is 10 blocks east and 5 blocks north.

So x-coordinates of Jaxon will be 10 units and y-coordinates will be 5 units.

and coordinates will be (10,5)

Similarly coordinates of Isaac will be defined by his distance towards west and distance towards south.

So x-coordinates will be 8 units and y-coordinates will be 15 units.

Therefore, coordinates of Isaac will be (-8,-15).