Question

If 8 miles denotes 8 miled due south, whay denotes 5miles due north

Answer 1

South = positive numbers
North= negative numbers
5 miles N would be -5 miles

Answer 2

-5 miles

Explanation:

We are given the following information in the question:

When we write 8 miles it actually denotes 8 miles due south that is the direction is south.

We are taking the south direction as +8 miles.

Now, if we want to denote 5 miles due north.

We have to take in consideration the direction which is opposite to south direction.

Therefore,we use a negative sign to represent this opposite direction.

So, we can denote 5 miles due noerth by -5 miles.