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Jennifer recently moved to a new town in New Jersey. It is her first day at school, and her mother gave her a map to help her get there in time. If her house is located at the coordinates (12, 0), what are the coordinates of her school?

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(0, 4)
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(0, –4)
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(–4,0)
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(4, 0)
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Solution

The correct option is B (0, –4)
Coordinates are ordered pairs of numbers.
The first number indicates the point on the x-axis and the second the point on the y-axis.

To find the coordinates of Jennifer's school, we first start at the origin and count the number of steps we move in the x-direction and then in the y-direction to reach the school.

We observe that the school lies on the y-axis. So, its x coordinate will be 0.

Since we move exactly 4 steps down the origin on the y-axis to reach the school, its y coordinate is –4.

Hence, the coordinates of the school are (0, –4).

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