document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1097923>Question 1097923</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the ordered pair of the equation y=10x+1? Please explain. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "An \"ordered pair\" is a pair (a,b) where the ORDER in which the values are written carries meaning.   For instance, (3,4) in the coordinate plane is understood to be the point where x=3 and y=4 (that is, we write the x value first and the y value 2nd, by convention).  Writing (4,3) would mean x=4 and y=3 which is an entirely different point in the plane. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For y=10x+1,  the corresponding ordered pairs are  (x, 10x+1).  In words:  for any x you plug in, the corresponding y value will be that number times 10, plus 1.         </SPAN>\n" );
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