A cat walks up in its bed and visits it's food dish to the left of its bed positions to the right of its bed are assigned a negative value and positions to the left of its bed are assigned a positive value where did the cat begin and end its journey
To determine where the cat began and ended its journey, we need to assign numerical values to the cat's starting position, bed position, and food dish position based on the provided description.
Let's assume that the cat's bed is at position 0 (neutral position). According to the given information, positions to the right of the bed are assigned negative values, and positions to the left of the bed are assigned positive values.
If we denote the position of the food dish as X, where X can be any numerical value (positive or negative), we can calculate the starting and ending positions of the cat by subtracting or adding X from the bed position.
If X is a negative value, the cat's starting position would be -X (to the right of the bed), and the ending position would be -X + 0 = -X (food dish position).
If X is a positive value, the cat's starting position would be X (to the left of the bed), and the ending position would be X + 0 = X (food dish position).
So, without knowing the specific value of X, we cannot determine the exact starting and ending positions of the cat.