Ordinate is one less than absissa

Generalize the pattern and plot all points with given property

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If we let the abscissa be represented by the variable x, then the ordinate would be represented by x - 1.

Therefore, all points (x, y) with this property would have the coordinates (x, x - 1) where x is any real number.

Here are a few example points with this property:
(0, -1)
(1, 0)
(2, 1)
(3, 2)

To plot these points, simply draw a line passing through the points (0, -1), (1, 0), (2, 1), (3, 2), etc. This line would have a slope of 1 and would pass through the origin.