SOLUTION: 3. Name the coordinate described here: From the origin, the point is three places to the right and eight places down.

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: 3. Name the coordinate described here:
From the origin, the point is three places to the right and eight places down.
 This question is from textbook intermediate algebra

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Right and left are x, right is positive, left is negative.

Up and down are y, up is positive, down is negative.

3 right is an x-coordinate of 3.

8 down is a y-coordinate of -8.

The ordered pair describing and associated with this point in the plane is (3,-8)