Question

your friend is graphing the point (2,5). her first step is to start at the origin and go up 2 units. is her method correct? it is not correct because the first number tells you how far to go right or left, not up or down. it is correct because you must start counting from the bottom left corner in this type of graph. it is correct because the first number in the pair tells how far to go in a vertical direction, which is up. it is not correct because you should always start with the second number.

Explanation:

In an ordered pair \((x,y)\), \(x\) represents the horizontal (left - right) movement from the origin and \(y\) represents the vertical (up - down) movement. For the point \((2,5)\), the first number \(2\) means moving \(2\) units to the right (not up) from the origin.

Answer:

It is not correct because the first number tells you how far to go right or left, not up or down.