Rita goes 20km towards east from a point 'a' to the point 'b' she moves 30km towards west along the same road if the distance towards east is represented by a positive integer then how will you represent the distance travelled towards west? By which integer will you represent her final position from a
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Distance travelled east from point a to point b = 20 km
Distance travelled west = 30 km
20 - 30 = -10 km
The distance travelled west will be represented by a negative integer.
Since Rita's final position is -10 km her final position is represented by a negative integer.
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