Question

What is the meaning of the point (25, 20)?

The corral uses 20 + 25 = 45 feet of fencing.
The corral uses 20(25) = 500 feet of fencing.
The corral has dimensions of 25 feet long and 20 feet wide.
The corral has dimensions of 20 feet long and 25 feet wide.

Answer 1

(25, 20 ) represents that the dimension of the coral is 25 feet long and 20 feet wide.

Explanation:

The general representation P(x,y) represents the Cartesian Representation of a point in a 2 Dimension.

Here, x represents the distance of the point P from y axis to the x axis.

and y represents the distance of the point P from x axis to the y axis.

(x, y) together gives the 2 dimensional representation of the point P.

Now here, the given coordinates are (25, 20)

So, here x = 25 and y = 20

So, (25, 20 ) represents that the dimension of the coral is 25 feet long and 20 feet wide.

Hence, option 3 is the most appropriate.