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Sal solves a word problem involving distance between points on quadrant 1 of a coordinate
plane. Created by Sal Khan.

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 0:00We're told that Naomi lives at 2nd Avenue and 3rd

 0:04Street representing 2, 3 on the graph below.
 0:08Her school is it 4th Avenue and 10th street,
 0:12representing 4, 10 on the graph.
 0:15She walks over to 4th Avenue and up to 10th Street.
 0:19Plot her home and school on the map.
 0:21How many blocks does Naomi walk to school?
 0:24So let's plot her home first, 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street,
 0:28which they are giving us the coordinates 2, 3.
 0:31So the x-axis right over here, this
 0:33is representing the avenues.
 0:35And then the y-axis, or the vertical axis,
 0:38this represents the street.
 0:40So 2, 3.
 0:41So this right over here is 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street.
 0:46So you see here, we went to 2nd Avenue
 0:48and then we went up to 3rd Street.
 0:50This is where she lives at home.
 0:51We could have also said 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue.
 0:55Now her school is a 4th Avenue and 10th street.
 0:59And now we're going to go, so if we start at the origin,
 1:01we go to 4th Avenue and then go up 10 to 10th Street.
 1:06So this is the coordinate 4, 10.
 1:09So this is where our home is.
 1:10This is where a school is.
 1:12They say she walks over to 4th Avenue and up to 10th Street.
 1:16So she walks from 2nd Avenue to 4th Avenue
 1:19and then up to 10th Street.
 1:21How many blocks does Naomi walk to school?
 1:24Well as she walks from 2nd Avenue to 4th Avenue,
 1:30she's going to walk 2 blocks.
 1:311 block and 2 blocks.
 1:33You shouldn't get confused by they're actually marking off
 1:36with these lines every half a block.
 •Current transcript segment:1:38So that's 1 block to 3rd Avenue, 2 blocks to 4th Avenue.
 1:42So that's 2 blocks so far.
 1:44And then she goes from 3rd Street to 10th Street.
 1:46Well, if you go from 3rd Street to 10th Street,
 1:48that's going to be 7 more blocks.
 1:501, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
 1:56So 2 in the horizontal direction and then 7
 1:59in the vertical direction.
 2:01So that's 9 total blocks.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

We're told that Naomi lives at 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street representing 2, 3 on the graph below. Her
school is it 4th Avenue and 10th street, representing 4, 10 on the graph. She walks over to 4th Avenue
and up to 10th Street. Plot her home and school on the map. How many blocks does Naomi walk to
school? So let's plot her home first, 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street, which they are giving us the coordinates
2, 3. So the x-axis right over here, this is representing the avenues. And then the y-axis, or the vertical
axis, this represents the street. So 2, 3. So this right over here is 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street. So you see
here, we went to 2nd Avenue and then we went up to 3rd Street. This is where she lives at home. We
could have also said 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue. Now her school is a 4th Avenue and 10th street. And
now we're going to go, so if we start at the origin, we go to 4th Avenue and then go up 10 to 10th Street.
So this is the coordinate 4, 10. So this is where our home is. This is where a school is. They say she
walks over to 4th Avenue and up to 10th Street. So she walks from 2nd Avenue to 4th Avenue and then
up to 10th Street. How many blocks does Naomi walk to school? Well as she walks from 2nd Avenue to
4th Avenue, she's going to walk 2 blocks. 1 block and 2 blocks. You shouldn't get confused by they're
actually marking off with these lines every half a block. So that's 1 block to 3rd Avenue, 2 blocks to 4th
Avenue. So that's 2 blocks so far. And then she goes from 3rd Street to 10th Street. Well, if you go from
3rd Street to 10th Street, that's going to be 7 more blocks. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. So 2 in the horizontal
direction and then 7 in the vertical direction. So that's 9 total blocks.