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Example 11.1 from Prealgebra, 11.1 Use the Rectangular Coordinate System

Use the Rectangular Coordinate System: example 11.1

Use the map in Figure 11.2.

ⓐ Find the grid section of the Residence Halls.
ⓑ What is located in grid section 4C?

Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.

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Solution
1. ⓐ Read the number below the Residence Halls, $4,$ and the letter to the side, A. So the Residence Halls are in grid section 4A.
2. ⓑ Find $4$ across the bottom of the map and C along the side. Look below the $4$ and next to the C. Tiger Field is in grid section 4C.

Your turn

The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.

Use the map in Figure 11.2.

ⓐ Find the grid section of Taylor Hall.
ⓑ What is located in section 3B?

How did it go?

Next Use the Rectangular Coordinate System: example 11.2

From Prealgebra (1st edition) by OpenStax (Rice University), section 11.1, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Original at openstax.org. We split the solution into steps; the words, numbers and figures are the book's. OpenStax doesn't endorse this site.