A moving truck fills up a shipment at an old address, at (-2,1). It travels 7 blocks south and 6 blocks east to the new address. What is the location of new address?
add 6 to the x value, and subtract 7 from the y value
The answer is (4,-6)
To find the new address, we need to determine the coordinates after the moving truck has traveled 7 blocks south and 6 blocks east from its starting point at (-2,1).
Starting from (-2,1), moving south means moving downwards on the y-axis. Therefore, to move 7 blocks south, we decrease the y-coordinate by 7.
So, the y-coordinate of the new address would be: 1 - 7 = -6.
Next, moving east means moving to the right along the x-axis. Therefore, to move 6 blocks east, we increase the x-coordinate by 6.
So, the x-coordinate of the new address would be: -2 + 6 = 4.
Therefore, the new address is located at (4, -6).