Question

A grocery store has the coordinates (-2,-4). The owners of the grocery store plan to build anadditional grocery store at a location that is 5 blocks to the east and 3 blocks to the north of theoriginal store. The distance between each grid unit represents one block. Plot the location of theadditional grocery store on the coordinate grid.

Answer 1

The already existing grocery store is located at point (-2, -4).

The first entry (on the left, i. e., -2) represents the horizontal (west-east) value on the coordinate grid. While the second entry (on the right, -4) represents the vertical (south-north) value on the coordinate grid:

Then, after moving 5 blocks to the east (right), the horizontal coordinate of the additional grocery store will be:

-2 + 5 = 3

And after moving 3 blocks to the north (up), the vertical coordinate of the additional grocery store will be:

-4 + 3 = -1

So, the coordinates of the additional grocery store will be (3, -1). Plotting this point, we obtain: