Question

You move down 1 units and up 2 units. You end at (-3,1). Where did you start? On a number graph 1 through 5 axis graph

Answer 1

Let's do it step by step:

First we need to understand that moving upwards would be addition to y-coordinates, while moving downwards would be deduction to the y-coordinates.

Moving to rightwards would be addition to x-coordinates and leftwards would be deduction to x-coordinates.

As we moved down by 1 unit and up for 2 units, it means that we are originally upward for one unit and downward by 2 units, which makes downwards for 1 units and would be -1 to the y-coordinates:

(-3,1 -1)

=(-3,0)

Therefore the start would be (-3,0).

Hope it helps!