SOLUTION: Translate using x and y: The difference of the ordinate and twice the abscissa is seven.

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Question 671153: Translate using x and y: The difference of the ordinate and twice the abscissa is seven.
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the x-axis or the x co-ordinate is also known as the horizontal axis of the graph or its abscissa
and
the y-axis or the y co-ordinate is also known as the vertical axis of the graph or its ordinate
given: the difference of the ordinate=y and twice the abscissa=x is seven; so, you have
y-2x=7