You are visiting your friend Shirley and she is giving you directions to the neighborhood grocery store.Which of the following statements is accurate if Shirley thinks about space in absolute terms?
A) "Take a left on Kangaroo St., then a left on Koala Ave."
B) "Drive past the McDonald's, then turn toward the KFC."
C) "The grocery store is east of the bank and north of the soccer field."
D) "The grocery store will be on your right after you pass the high school."
E) "You will drive 3.2 miles down Kangaroo St.and 1.8 miles down Koala Ave."

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Absolute space refers to an objective, measurable, and fixed space that can be described using a coordinate system or points of reference that do not change, such as cardinal directions (north, east, south, west). Statement C uses cardinal directions to describe the location of the grocery store, which aligns with thinking about space in absolute terms.

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