#Multiple errors pour out. (complete noob beginner at java)

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violet mural
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Hi. I'm extremely new to java because it is a required module (and I have little to no programming experience). I want to point out that this is for a graded assignment, but I am unable to sit down and figure out what's going wrong. For some context, we are asked to create a method that checks whether a target is north or south of a robot's starting position. There is also a PDF that guides us along the way. The first attached image is a screenshot of the guide PDF, showing us what the method's structure should generally look like. The second image is what I have written for the method with some other things below it (pertaining to previous exercises about how the robot should actually choose its directions). And the third image are the errors that I receive when I try to compile the code. The first error is the one that is catching me off guard that 'private' is an illegal start of the expression and I am not sure why. Should I be placing this method somewhere else in the code? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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mighty schooner
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private can only be used in the body of a class

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Oh there was another image @violet mural

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you can't nest a method like that

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you would have to use a lambda expression to achieve that functionality

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although it may just be easier to nest the method directly in the class

violet mural
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