Your friend is graphing the point (1, 7). Her first step is to start at the origin and go right 7 spaces. Is her method correct? CLEAR CHECK

It is not correct because you must start counting from the bottom left corner in this type of graph.

It is correct because the second number in the pair tells how far to go in a horizontal direction, which is to the right.

It is correct because you should always start with the second number.

It is not correct because the second number tells you how far to go up or down, not across.