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On a graph, you have two axis, x and y. In an ordered pair, the first number is the x coordinate, and the second number is the y coordinate.

On the x-axis, if the x-coordinate is negative then you go left. If the x-coordinate is positive, then you go right.

On the y-axis, it works the same way. If the y-coordinate is negative, you go down, but if it is positive, then you go up.

For example, if you had the ordered pair (-7,4), then you would go left seven spaces on the x-axis and up four spaces on the y-axis.

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