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How Do You Plot Points in the Coordinate Plane?

Graph the point (3,4) on the coordinate plane.

Summary

  1. Draw the y-axis and label the first 4 positive units
  2. Then draw the x-axis and label the first 4 positive units
  3. 3 is the x-coordinate
  4. 4 is the y-coordinate
  5. To plot (3,4) we have to start at the origin
  6. Since the x-coordinate is positive 3, we move to the right 3 units
  7. Since the y-coordinate is positive 4, we move up 4 units
  8. Now we plot the point (3,4)

Notes

    1. The y-axis is vertical, and the x-axis is horizontal
    1. Take a look at the point we are trying to plot and decide what the x and y coordinates are
    2. We are plotting (3,4)
    3. The x-coordinate is 3, and the y-coordinate is 4
    1. The x-coordinate is 3, and the y-coordinate is 4
    1. The x-coordinate is 3, and the y-coordinate is 4
    2. The x-coordinate comes first, and the y-coordinate is second
    1. We are plotting (3,4)
    2. The x-coordinate comes first, and the y-coordinate is second
    1. If the x-coordinate is positive we move to the right, if it is negative we move to the left
    1. The x-coordinate, 3, so we move to the right three units
    1. Our x-coordinate is not negative, but if it was, we would move to the left
    1. The y-coordinate is 4
    1. The y-coordinate, 4, so we move up four units
    1. Our y-coordinate is not negative, but if it was, we would move down
    1. We plot a point by drawing a dot on the graph at the proper coordinates