Question 939426


"My understanding is that the entire horizontal line is the x-axis and the point (0,0) is the origin, so if a point is a number of units FROM the x-axis, wouldn't you begin at the x-axis and count {{{up}}}?"  -Yes

Or, is it beginning at the ORIGIN of the x-axis and counting that many units along the x-axis/horizontal line? 

if you beginning at the ORIGIN and if a point is {{{5}}} units from the {{{x}}}-axis means{{{ up}}}, and  since {{{5}}} is positive a point is somewhere in I or II quadrant

if a point  {{{2}}}  units from the y-axis,  means point is from y-axis to the right  because {{{2}}} is positive number

so, the point is in Ist quadrant and  the ordered pair going to be  ({{{2}}},{{{5}}})