On a number​ line, suppose point E has a coordinate of 5​, and EG=5. What are the possible coordinates of point​ G?

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Question: On a number line, suppose point E has a coordinate of 5, and EG = 5. What are the possible coordinates of point G?

Answer: Draw out a number line for yourself. Put a tick right in the middle to represent E, whose coordinate is 5. Put five ticks to the left, and to the right of, E. Where do you land if you go 5 to the right of E? 5 + 5 = 10. Where do you land if you go 5 to the left of E? 5 - 5 = 0.

The possible coordinates of G are 0 or 10.