SOLUTION: In the coordinates (5,-4) which number represents the y value? The answer to this is -4. The next question is "What are the coordinates of the origin?"

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Question 140781: In the coordinates (5,-4) which number represents the y value? The answer to this is -4. The next question is "What are the coordinates of the origin?"
Answer by Fombitz(13828) About Me  (Show Source):
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That is correct.
The first variable in the ordered pair is x.
The second variable in the ordered pair is y.
THe origin is where the x axis and y axis cross.
That ordered pair is (0,0).