Technically, in the world of mathematics - the answer to this question is yes. There are negative factors and multiples of numbers. For example, -4 and -3 are factors of 12, -24 is a multiple of 3, and the factors of 4 would be -4, -2, -1, 1, 2, 4.
(1,3) and (7,3) falls on the same horizontal line. hence, the distance is just equal to 6 units. (7,3) and (7,7) meanwhile lie on the same vertical line. hence the distance is 4. (7,7) and (4,7) lie on the same horizontal line with a distance of 3.
Finally, to get back to point (1,3) - (4,7) ----> (1,3), 3 to the left and 4 down, the diagonal being 5. 6+4+3+5= 10 + 8 = 18.
To make that graph you follow these steps. 1) Set the cartesian coordinate system: - vertical axis: y - horizontal axis: x - positive x-semi axis: to the right - negative x-semi axis: to the left - positive y-semi axis: upward - negative y semi axis: dwonward
2) solve the inequality for y: given: -2x + 5y > 15 transpose-2x: 5y > 15 + 2x divide by 5: y > 3 + (2/5)x
3) Graph
- draw the line y = 3 + (2/5)x, using a dotted line (i.e. - - - - - -) - remember that 3 is the y intercept, and 2/5 is the slope - the line is dotted because the solution does not include the points in the line.
- the solution is the region above and to the left of the dotted line.
4) See the figure attached for better visualization: the pink region is the solution of the inequality.