Question 5770
<PRE><font face = "courier new">I am having trouble with my graphing and could
really use some help, My question is In the ordered pair(12,-7)?  Please can
you help me?<PRE>

This means to plot the point (12, -7).  Find 12 on the x axis and find
-7 on the y-axis, and draw the point that is directly below 12 and directly
beside -7, like this:
<PRE>
               4 |
               3 |
               2 |
               1 |
----------------------------------------------------------------------<
-4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13<PRE>
               -1|
               -2|
               -3|
               -4|
               -5|
               -6|
               -7|                           <b><font size = 7>·</font></b>
               -8|
               -9|
              -10|
              -11|
              -12|                                                          -               13|