Question

What is the difference between plotting (2, 3) and (3, 2) on a coordinate plane? Explain

Answer 1

These points are similar.

They both lie in quadrant 1.

However, the x coordinate is different in each ordered pair.

So (3, 2) moves farther from the origin than (2 , 3).

However, (2, 3) moved farther up than (3, 2).

Take a look below.

Answer 2

see below (I hope this makes sense and I hope it helps!)

Explanation:

Points are found in the form (x, y) where x represents the x - value which is basically how far you move from the origin on the x-axis, and the same goes for y except it represents how far you move from the origin on the y-axis. A positive x means you move right, a negative x means you move left, a positive y means you move up and a negative y means you move down. Following these rules, to plot (2, 3), you move 2 units right and 3 units up from the origin and to plot (3, 2), you move 3 units right and 2 units up from the origin. The difference between plotting the two points is that first of all, they are different points so they are in different locations and second, their coordinates are "flipped"; what I mean by that is the x-coordinate of the first point is the y-coordinate of the second point and vice versa. Therefore, you move the same amount but in different directions.