What is the point where two sides of and angle meet

The avenues in a particular city run north to south and are numbered consecutively with 1st avenue at the western border of the city. the streets in the city run east to west and are numbered consecutively with 1st street at the southern border of the city. for a festival, the city is not allowing cars to park in a rectangular region bordered by 5th avenue to the west. 9th avenue to the east, 4th street to the south, and 6th street to the north. if x is the avenue number and yis the street number, which of the following systems describes the region in which cars are not allowed to park? 5th ave 9th ave

[10 points, algebra 2]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 1?

Jada has a meal in a restaurant she adds up the prices listed on the menu for everything they ordered and gets a subtotal of $42.00. after tax the total is 45.99. what percentage of the subtotal is the total?