Coordinate Plane

Question

You start at (6,4). You move up 4 units and left 6 units. Where do you end?

Answer 1

PART 1

Original Ordered Pair: (6 , 4)

'Move up 4 units' has 2 ways solve for the correct answer.

1. If you have a coordinate plane, (or you can draw one), you will start at the original point and move straight up 4 units (or boxes). Our coordinate point will end at the number 8 which is located on the y-axis
2. Since we are moving up and the y-axis is the vertical (up and down) line on a coordinate plane, we know that the new coordinate is going to be y.
3. We will use our new 'y' coordinate, 8, to replace with the original one, 4.
4. If you don't have a coordinate plane, you can solve with addition or subtraction. Since we are moving up, we know it is a positive 4. We can add 4 to our original y coordinate, 4, to determine the new point.
5. (4 + 4 = 8)
6. We will replace the current y coordinate, 4, with our answer, 8.

New Coordinate Y: (x , 8)

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PART 2

Original Ordered Pair: (6 , 4)

'Move left 6 units' has 2 ways solve for the correct answer.

1. If you have a coordinate plane, or you can draw one, you can solve by starting at the original point and moving it to the left 6 units (or boxes). Our new coordinate point would land on 0, which is located at the origin in the middle of the graph.
2. Since we are moving left and the x-axis is the horizontal (left to right) line on a coordinate plane, we know the new coordinate is going to be the x.
3. We will use our new 'x' coordinate, 0, to replace with the original one, 6
4. If you don't have a coordinate plane, you can solve with addition or subtraction. Since we are moving to the left, we know the 6 is negative. We can subtract 6 from our original x coordinate, 6, to determine the new one.
5. (6 - 6 = 0)
6. We will use our new 'x' coordinate, 0, to replace with the original one, 6

New Coordinate X: (6 , y)

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FINAL ANSWER

New Ordered Pair (X, Y): (6 , 8)

Answer 2

(6-6, 4+4)= (0, 8)

up 4 means increase y by 4

left 6 means decrease x by 6