**Please help! I give medals!
A football team's kicker prepares to kick a field goal. The kicker stands at the origin of a coordinate plane. Facing the positive y-axis, the kicker takes 3 steps backward, then 3 steps to the right. Which ordered pair best represents his position?

(3, -3)

(-3, 3)

(3, 3)

(-3, -3)

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**Please help! I give medals!
A football team's kicker prepares to kick a field goal. The kicker stands at the origin of a coordinate plane. Facing the positive y-axis, the kicker takes 3 steps backward, then 3 steps to the right. Which ordered pair best represents his position?

(3, -3)

(-3, 3)

(3, 3)

(-3, -3)

anonymous · Answer

B

pixiedust1 · Answer

Okay.  So, if he's facing the positive y axis, that means |dw:1387043328394:dw|

The arrow points the way he's facing.  But he's at the middle, so don't let that confuse  you

anonymous · Answer

Backward on a coordinate plane would mean negative. right on a coordinate plane would be positive

pixiedust1 · Answer

So now, he takes 3 steps backwards|dw:1387043393784:dw|

pixiedust1 · Answer

Understand so far?

pixiedust1 · Answer

Now, we have (x,-3)
We gotta to the x next.

pixiedust1 · Answer

Now it's |dw:1387043542774:dw|