Finite Mathematics & Its Applications (12th Edition)

12th Edition

ISBN: 9780134437767

Author: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 1.1, Problem 2E

In Exercises 1–8, plot the given point.

( − 1 , 4 )

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