How do you plot points on the coordinate plane?

1 Answer
Oct 28, 2014

Let us plot the point #(-2,3)#.

Step 1: Draw a dotted vertical line through #-2# on the #x#-axis.

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Step 2: Draw a dotted horizontal line through #3# on the #y#-axis.

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Step 3: Draw a dot at the intersections of the dotted lines from Step 1 & 2.

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That is how you plot the point #(-2,3)# on the x,y-plane.


I hope that this was helpful.