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document.write( "Graph the points\r\n" );
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document.write( "A(-1,0),   B(-2,3)     C(0,-4)      and D(2,4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "I'll just show you how to plot B(-2,3).  See if\r\n" );
document.write( "you can figure out how to plot the others. If you\r\n" );
document.write( "can't then post again.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How to plot (-2,3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw an x and y axis:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Look at the first number of B(-2,3). It is -2.\r\n" );
document.write( "Find -2 on the x-axis (the horizontal one) and \r\n" );
document.write( "draw a vertical line that cuts through it, like\r\n" );
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document.write( "Look at the second number of B(-2,3). It is 3.\r\n" );
document.write( "Find 3 on the y-axis (the vertical one) and \r\n" );
document.write( "draw a horizontal line that cuts through it, like\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now where those two lines cross, draw a dot, like\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now erase the two lines and leave just the dot.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the point B which is (-2,3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you plot the others now?\r\n" );
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document.write( "You will soon get so that you won't have to draw those \r\n" );
document.write( "lines and then erase them.  You can just imagine those \r\n" );
document.write( "two lines are there and just draw the dot where you\r\n" );
document.write( "imagine them to cross.\r\n" );
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