Question

Which of the following statements could be used to describe the location of polnt P, shown on the number line below?P-2-1P<-2P=-2.5P>-1P<-1

Answer 1

This problem is about position of numbers on the real numbers line.

As you can observe in the image, point P is at the left side of -1, which indicates P is less than -1.

Remember that, on the number line, the number placed at the right side is greater, for example, 1 is greater than zero, because it's on the right side of zero.

We use the same logic here, that's why P is less than -1.

Therefore, the right answer is P < -1, the last option.