Question

How do you plot the points (4,1), (-2,3), (3,0) on the coordinate plane?

Answer 1

See solution process below

Explanation:

To graph points on a coordinate plane, we must be aware that points or coordinates rather are written in the form `(x,y)` where `x` is the position on the `x`-axis and `y` is the position on the `y`-axis.

To graph a point, we must first locate its position on the x-axis, then do the same for y-axis and find where the two points meet.

The way I might think about it is that the `x` value tells you how far you go from the origin `(0,0)` either left or right while the `y` tells me how far I go from the origin either up or down.

Beginning with the point `(4,1)`

First locate the position of the `x`-axis. Since our `x` value is `4`, we begin on `4` on the `x`-axis (horizontally) as shown in red.
Next we locate the `y`-position on the `y`-axis (vertically) as shown in blue. Finally we find where both positions meet as shown in burgundy.

Follow these same steps for the other two coordinates and once completed, the coordinates should all look like this.