From Magnolia to Sidon, left-to-right mileages, which entry shows NE?

• A. 17 miles NW
• B. 18 miles NW
• C. 17 miles NE
• D. 16 miles SE

Answer: (C)

The key idea is reading the map by quadrant: if Sidon sits up and to the right of Magnolia, the direction from Magnolia to Sidon is northeast. The left-to-right mileages that point northeast match that position. A diagonal distance on a square grid often comes from equal north and east components (for example, 12 miles north and 12 miles east gives a diagonal distance of about sqrt(12^2 + 12^2) ≈ 16.97 miles, which rounds to 17). So the entry showing 17 miles NE correctly reflects Sidon being northeast of Magnolia. The other directions would place Sidon in the northwest or southeast, which doesn’t align with the diagram.