Hunter is going to graph the ordered pairs that are represented by this table on a coordinate plane.

x
–7
–3
0
1
5
9
y
4
0
2
6
0
–2

In Hunter’s graph, how many points should lie on the y-axis?
0
1
2
3

1 answer

To determine how many points lie on the y-axis, we need to look for the ordered pairs where x=0 since the y-axis is defined by all points where the x-coordinate is 0.

From the table of ordered pairs given:

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We can see that there is only one ordered pair where x=0, which is (0,2).

Since there is only one point on the y-axis, the answer is 1.