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Explain how coordinates of a point on a graph relate to the dependent and independent variables of an equation.

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Explanation:

If you're given (a, b) and are told that this represents a point on a graph, then a represents the independent variable and b the dependent one.

This stems from b = f(a), where 'f' is the name of a function.

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The independent variable belongs on the x-axis (horizontal line) of the graph and the dependent variable belongs on the y-axis (vertical line). ... In graphs with only positive values for x and y, the origin is in the lower-left corner.

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