Plot the following points on the coordinate plane.
Let's begin with a review.
The location of a point is always given by an ordered pair x comma y.
The first step is to determine the x coordinate, which is the first value of the ordered pair.
Then beginning at the origin move horizontally in the direction of the x-axis, the distance
given by the x coordinate.
If the x coordinate is positive, move to the right.
If the x coordinate is negative, move to the left.
Next we determine the y coordinate, which is the second value of the ordered pair.
Beginning at the x coordinate, we move vertically in the direction of the y-axis, the distance
given by the y coordinate.
If the y coordinate is positive, move up.
If the y coordinate is negative, move down.
Finally we graph a point at the ending location.
Going back to our example, again the x coordinate indicates whether we move left or right from
the origin.
The y coordinate indicates whether we move up or down from the x coordinate.
Point A is given by the ordered pair negative three comma two.
Starting at the origin because the x coordinate is negative three , we move left thee units
in the direction of the negative x-axis.
From here because the y coordinate is positive two, we move up two units in the direction
of the positive y-axis.
This is the location of Point A.
We graph a point here and label it point A. Notice how this location, this point lines
up with negative three on the x-axis and positive two on the y-axis.
Point B is given by the ordered pair six comma five.
Because the x coordinate is positive six, starting at the origin, we move right six
units in the direction of the positive x-axis to six.
Because the y coordinate is positive five from here we move up five units in the direction
of the positive y-axis.
This is the location of point B.
We graph a point and label this point B. Notice how point B lines up with six on the x-axis
and five not the y-axis.
Point C is given by the ordered pair negative four comma four.
Because the x coordinate is negative four, from the origin, we move left four units to
negative four on the x-axis.
From here because the y coordinate is positive four, we move up four units in the direction
of the positive y-axis.
This is the location of point C. Notice how this point lines up with negative four on
the x-axis and four on the y-axis.
Point D is given by the ordered pair zero comma five.
Because the x coordinate is zero, we do not move left or right from the origin.
We stay right here at the origin and then the y coordinate is positive five.
From the origin we only move up five units to five on the y-axis.
This is the location of point D. Notice how it lines up with zero on the x-axis and five
on the y-axis.
Finally we have point E give by the ordered pair two comma negative six.
From the origin because the x coordinate is two, we move right two units to two on the
x-axis.
Because the y coordinate is negative six, we move down six units in the direction of
the negative y-axis.
This is the location of point E. Notice how point E lines up with two on the x-axis and
negative six on the y-axis.
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