Question

How do you plot the ordered pairs on the rectangular coordinate system (2, 1), (-3, 5), and (7, -3)?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Complying with convention, if we put them in order using the `x` values we have:

`(-3,5)"; "(2,1)"; "(7,-3)`

On a graph you always read left to right on the x-axis. This is particularly important when calculating gradients (slope).