SOLUTION: please tell me how to graph -3/5. Do you go over 5 or -5?

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: please tell me how to graph -3/5. Do you go over 5 or -5?
 This question is from textbook (prentice hall) Algebra 1

Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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-3/5=-.6 so if this is an x value you go 6/10 of the way to the left of the (0,0) intersect of the x & y lines.
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if these values are the (x,y) points then (-3,5) represent a point 3 places to the left (-) on the x axis & 5 places up (+) on the y axis.