As briefly outlined in the $xy$-coordinate plane entry, Plotting Points is pretty straightforward. Every point has a pair of values, written like $(x,y)$, where the $x$ value represents the distance to the left or right of the origin on the horizontal axis and the $y$ value represents the distance below or above the origin on the vertical axis.

Examples

If we have the point $(4, 2)$, that means we would move four points to the RIGHT from the origin in the horizontal direction and two points UP in the vertical direction.

If we have the point $(-3, 0)$, we would move three points to the LEFT from the origin in the horizontal direction and not move at all in the vertical direction. Thus, this point would be positioned directly on the $x$-axis.