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Describe how to plot a .8-62 on a coordinate plane

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To plot the point (0.8, -62), you move 0.8 units on the x-axis and 62 units down on the y-axis. For lines or scatter plots, plot the points and connect them or plot individually. Use a graphing calculator to overlay additional lines from equations.

Step-by-step explanation:

To accurately plot a point like .8-62 on a coordinate plane, it seems there may be a typo as it doesn't follow the conventional notation for points, which are generally given in (x,y) format. Let's assume you meant to plot the point (0.8, -62). To do this, first draw a coordinate plane with a horizontal axis (x-axis) and vertical axis (y-axis). Begin at the origin (0,0) of the coordinate plane. Move 0.8 units to the right along the x-axis, and from that point, move 62 units down, as the y-value is negative. Place a dot where these two meet. This is how you plot the point (0.8, -62) on the coordinate plane.

Plotting data like that described in the references, such as creating a scatter plot or drawing a line, requires locating each point specified and then connecting them accordingly with straight lines or by plotting individual points. For example, point (0,2) would be plotted at the origin moving 2 units up on the y-axis and no movement on the x-axis. The point (3,8) would be plotted by moving 3 units to the right on the x-axis and 8 units up on the y-axis. Connecting these points with a line would create a segment or part of a graph depicting a function or relation.

To overlay additional lines, like those in the references represented by equations, enter these into a graphing calculator as Y1, Y2, Y3, etc., and use the calculator's graphing function to visualize them. For example, the equation Y= -173.5+ 4.83X can be entered as Y1 and graphed to see the best-fit line for a set of data.

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