Question

A plane starts at the origin of the coordinate plane. The plane flies 0.5 units right and 3.5 units down to point M. What are the coordinates of point M?

Answer 1

To find the coordinates of point M, we start at the origin of the coordinate plane, which is at the point (0, 0).

The plane flies 0.5 units to the right, which affects the x-coordinate, and then flies 3.5 units down, which affects the y-coordinate.

1. Moving 0.5 units to the right changes the x-coordinate:
- 0 + 0.5 = 0.5

2. Moving 3.5 units down changes the y-coordinate (note that moving down means subtracting from the y-coordinate):
- 0 - 3.5 = -3.5

Putting these together, the coordinates of point M are (0.5, -3.5).