Question

There are no labels on the x-axis and the y-axis. The origin is also not marked. What are the coordinates of point A if the coordinates of point B are (3, 6)?

Answer 1

The coordinates of point B are (3, 6).

$\text{Identifying the axis markings:}$
Coordinates of point B: (3,6)
Travel 6 units vertically downwards from B. As this is the distance of point B from the $x-$axis, let’s consider this horizontal line segment as the $x-$axis.
Now, travel 3 units from the last location toward the left on the $x-$axis and reach the origin. Let’s consider this leftmost vertical line segment as the $y-$axis.

$\text{Identifying the coordinates of point A:}$
Travel vertically downwards from A. As this is the distance of point A from the $x-$axis, let’s consider this distance as the y-coordinate of point A.
Distance traveled vertically = $y-$coordinate of point A = 5
Travel horizontally toward the origin from the last location. As this is the distance of point A from the $y-$axis, let’s consider this distance as the $x-$coordinate of point A.
Distance traveled horizontally = $x-$coordinate of point A = 6
Hence, the coordinates of point A: (6, 5)