You start a search for a buried object by marking the center of a field as (0, 0), with coordinates giving distances in yards. coordinates to the north or east are positive, and coordinates to the south or west are negative. you find nothing at (–5, 3), so you try a likely looking spot 6 yards to the east and 5 yards to the south of the first spot. what are the coordinates of the second spot?

I need help please i need a explnation on how they get (1,-2) because my answer was but i got it back and it said

(0, 0)

(–9, –5)***

(–3, –2)

(1, –2) this one

Step-by-step explanation:

I assume you know how to plot points on the x-y plane

east ---> go to the right (add)

south ---> go down (subtract)

You said : 6 yards to the east and 5 yards to the south of the first spot.

so from (0,0) add 6 to the x, and subtract 5 from the y > (6,-5) , not a choice

If you have a typo and you meant from the second spot.

from (-5,3) add 6 to the x, and subtract 5 from the y > (1,-2) , one of the choices

How could you possibly get (-9,-5) ???

i dont know but hope u do

step-by-step explanation:

something that characterises a right triangle is the fact that we may use pythagoras' theorem to find any one of its sides given that we have the length of the other two sides. here, we have the length of the hypotenuse, √(87) yd, and one other side, √(23) yd, thus we can easily find the length of the remaining side using pythagoras' theorem as defined below:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2, where c is the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b are the lengths of the other two sides.

thus, given that c = √(87) and a = √(23), we may substitute these into the formula we defined above to get:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

(√87)^2 = (√23)^2 + b^2 (substitute c = √87 and a = √23 into the equation)

87 = 23 + b^2 (evaluate (√87)^2 = 87 and (√23)^2 = 23 - remember that the square root of a number, squared will equal that very same number)

64 = b^2 (subtract 23 from both sides)

√64 = b (take the square root of both sides)

8 = b (evaluate √64 = 8)

therefor, the length of the unknown leg in the right triangle is 8 yd (first answer).