Problem

On a city map, the Library is at \((-4,~2)\) and the Museum at \((3,~2)\). Compare their \(x\)-coordinates and identify the place farther east.

Coordinate plane with integer grid and labeled points Library at (-4, 2) and Museum at (3, 2), both on the horizontal line y = 2.

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East-west position depends only on the x-coordinate, the first number in each ordered pair. Compare those signed horizontal values: the greater x-value lies farther right, or farther east. The equal y-values merely show that the locations share a horizontal line and do not settle the east-west comparison.

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The museum

They are equally far east because both have y = 2.

The library

Neither; they are on the same horizontal line.

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On a city map, the Library is at \((-4,~2)\) and the Museum at \((3,~2)\). Compare their \(x\)-coordinates and identify the place farther east.

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