SOLUTION: Please help me Sketch a rectangular coordinate system,and graph the point (-4,4) and(2,-4)

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Sketch a rectangular coordinate system,and graph the point (-4,4) and(2,-4)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First let's plot (-4,4)

Start at the origin (where the the x and y axis intersect)

Now move your pencil 4 units to the left
We move 4 units in this direction since the x-coordinate is -4 (its the first number of the pair)

Now go 4 units up
We move 4 units in this direction since the y-coordinate is 4 (its the second number of the pair)

Plot a point where the pencil lands

So here is the point (-4,4)

Now let's plot (2,-4)

Start at the origin (where the the x and y axis intersect)

Now move your pencil 2 units to the right
We move 2 units in this direction since the x-coordinate is 2 (its the first number of the pair)

Now go 4 units down
We move 4 units in this direction since the y-coordinate is -4 (its the second number of the pair)

Plot a point where the pencil lands

So here is the point (2,-4)

So putting these two points together, we get

The points (-4,4) and(2,-4) plotted on the same coordinate system.
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