How many steps to the right of the origin is the point? How many steps above it?
(6,8)
Practice makes perfect
We want to find the ordered pair for the point L. We can write it as ( x, y). To find the x-coordinate of L, we count the number of units that it is placed to the right of the origin. Similarly, to find y-coordinate, we count the number of units that it is above the origin.
From the diagram, we see that L is located 6 units to the right of the origin and 8 units above it. Then, its coordinates are x= 6 and y= 8, which we can write as ( 6, 8).
