document.write( "Question 78910: How do I plot the point with coordinates (3, -5) on a graph? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "well this indeed is a very hard question if you have never seen a graph before!\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "First, in the point (3,-5) you see two numbers. The first number is 3 and the second number is -5. The fist number is known as the x coordinate and the second number is known as the y coordinate.\r
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document.write( "   -3 -2  -1  0   1    2   3   4  5 \r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here you have two numbers and on your piece of paper or your monitor or your wall or your floor or your ceiling or a notebook or some other flat surface you have two different dimensions, horizontal and vertical:\r
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document.write( "               Y\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "---|---|---|---|---|---|---*---|---|---|---|---|  X\r\n" );
document.write( "   -3 -2  -1  0   1    2   3   4  5 \r\n" );
document.write( "               |\r\n" );
document.write( "               - -1\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - -2\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here I have drawn a horizontal number line for x, and a vertical number line for y\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To plot the point (3,-5) you find the 3 on the x axis and the -5 on the y axis and you find the point on the flat surface that agrees with both of those places:\r
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document.write( "               Y\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "---|---|---|---|---|---|---X---|---|---|---|---|  X\r\n" );
document.write( "   -3 -2  -1  0   1    2   3   4  5 \r\n" );
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document.write( "               - -1        .\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - -2        .\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - -3        .\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - -4        .\r\n" );
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document.write( "               X -5 .  .   X   <-- X=3 and Y=-5\r\n" );
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document.write( "               - -6\r\n" );
document.write( "               |  \r\n" );
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