coordinates

The two numbers, written $(x,y)$ , that pin down one exact point on a graph.

A point's coordinates are an ordered pair $(x,y)$ , where $x$ says how far right (or left, if negative) of the origin, and $y$ says how far up (or down) from it. The order matters — $(2,5)$ and $(5,2)$ are different points.

Examples

The point with coordinates $(3,-2)$ sits 3 units right and 2 units down from the origin.