Jorge walked 25 steps north. Then he walks 75 steps south. What is Jorge‘s final position?

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Answer 1

North is typically positive direction when thinking of a graph (coordinate plane). If Jorge goes up 25 (positive) and then goes 75 steps south (negative). Then you have to calculate 25-75. This equals -50. We know negative distance is south so he's final position will be 50 steps south. Hope this helped!

Look at a compass if need be, to help visually make sense of this as well.