Question

A trumpet player is currently standing in position (3, 2) on a gridded football field. Her bandleader

instructs her to move two units to the left and one unit up. What are her new coordinates?
The trumpet player's new coordinates are

Answer 1

(1, 3)

Explanation:

Current position (3,2)

Moving left of the x axis results in a decrease, so: 3 - 2 (As she is moving 2 units to the left)

Moving up results in a positive increase on the y axis, so: 2 + 1 (As she is moving one unit up)