Consider the placement of points on a coordinate plane and answer the questions below.

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Problem

Consider the placement of points on a coordinate plane and answer the questions below. (i) Describe step-by-step how you would locate the point (−3,2)(-3,2) starting from the origin. (ii) Explain why every point whose abscissa is zero must lie on the yy-axis, and why every point whose ordinate is zero must lie on the xx-axis. (iii) Points A(2,3)A(2,3) and B(2,−4)B(2,-4) have the same abscissa but different ordinates. Explain how their positions differ on the coordinate plane.

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