Question

Steve and Herb are choosing seats at the baseball stadium. The seats are numbers like a coordinate grid. Steve chooses the seat at (1, 2). If Herb does not want to sit in the same vertical or horizontal row as Steve’s seat, which seat should he choose?

A. (1, 1)
B. (2, 2)
C. (2, 1)
D. (3, 3)

Answer 1

Herb should choose seat (2, 1). Hence the correct answer is option C

Step-by-step explanation:

To find a seat that is not in the same vertical or horizontal row as Steve's seat (1, 2), Herb needs to choose a seat with different x and y coordinates.

So, he cannot choose seat (1, 1) as it has the same x coordinate as Steve's seat. He cannot choose seat (2, 2) as it has the same y coordinate as Steve's seat. He cannot choose seat (3, 3) as it has the same y coordinate as Steve's seat.

Therefore, the only option left is seat (2, 1), which has different x and y coordinates from Steve's seat. So, Herb should choose seat (2, 1).

Hence the correct answer is option C