Geography's relevance to science and society arises from a distinctive and integrating set of perspectives through which geographers view the world around them. This chapter conveys a sense of what is meant by a geographic perspective, whether it be applied in research, teaching, or practice. Due to space limitations, it does not attempt to cite the many excellent examples of research illustrating geography's perspectives; the citations refer mainly to broad-ranging summaries of geographic research that are intended as resources for further reading.
Taking time to understand geography's perspectives is important because geography can be difficult to place within the family of academic disciplines. Just as all phenomena exist in time and thus have a history, they also exist in space and have a geography. Geography and history are therefore central to understanding our world and have been identified as core subjects in American education. Clearly, this kind of focus tends to cut across the boundaries of other natural and social science disciplines. Consequently, geography is sometimes viewed by those unfamiliar with the discipline as a collection of disparate specialties with no central core or coherence.
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article 1 section 2 of the Constitution says that each state shall have at least one US representative while the total size of a state delegation to the house depends on its population the number of representatives also cannot be greater than one for every 30,000 people
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1. 15°S 60°W - Brazil
2. 60°N 110°W - Canada
3. 25°S 135°E - Australia
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(4, 3)
Explanation:
<u>Short answer</u>: when the coordinates are on horizontal and vertical lines, as these are, each coordinate value is used twice. Already, x=0 is used twice, as is y=0, so the missing coordinate is x=4, y=3.
The fourth vertex is (4, 3).
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<u>Longer answer</u>: The midpoints of the diagonals are the same point, so for rectangle ABCD, we have ...
(A+C)/2 = (B+D)/2
Solving for D, we find ...
D = A +C -B
In clockwise order, the points given are ...
A = (4, 0), B = (0, 0), C = (0, 3)
so we have ...
D = (4, 0) +(0, 3) -(0, 0) = (4+0-0, 0+3-0)
D = (4, 3) . . . . the coordinates of the fourth vertex.
