document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127627>Question 127627</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0495188891/algebrahomeworkh>intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3.  Name the coordinate described here:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the origin, the point is three places to the right and eight places down.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #93515 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=93515\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Right and left are x, right is positive, left is negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Up and down are y, up is positive, down is negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 right is an x-coordinate of 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 down is a y-coordinate of -8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ordered pair describing and associated with this point in the plane is (3,-8) </SPAN>\n" );
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