Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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5. The Coordinate Plane
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Exercise 17 Page 372

How many steps below the origin is the point?

(0,-3)

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We want to find the coordinates of the point that is plotted on the coordinate plane.

Note that Point B lies on the y-axis. This means that its x-coordinate is 0. To find the y-coordinate of Point B, we count the number of units that it is placed below the origin.

We can see that Point B is located on the y-axis and 3 units below the origin. This means that its coordinates are x= 0 and y= -3. Let's write this as an (x,y) coordinate pair. ( 0, -3)