How do you find on which axis an ordered pair (a, 0) or (0, b) is located?
A) The first number is zero on the horizontal axis, the second number is zero on the vertical axis.
B) The second number is zero on the horizontal axis, the first number is zero on the vertical axis.
C) The second number is one on the horizontal axis, the first number is zero on the vertical axis.
D) The second number is zero on the horizontal axis, the first number is one on the vertical axis.
E) The second number is one on the horizontal axis, the first number is one on the vertical axis.

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For an ordered pair (a, 0), the first number (a) will lie on the horizontal axis (also called the x axis), and for an ordered pair (0, b), the second number (b) will lie on the horizontal axis (also called the x axis). Therefore, the second number is zero on the horizontal axis, and the first number is zero on the vertical axis (also called the y axis). This is true for all coordinate planes.

How Do You Find on Which Axis an Ordered Pair