Thursday, November 19th, 2009
The X and Y Axis on a Cartesian Graph
Description
A detailed tutorial of the x axis and the y axis. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the x axis and the y axis for reference.
Overview
The the Cartesian coordinate system, there is an x axis and a y axis. The x axis runs horizontally across the system and all first terms in ordered pairs are x coordinates, from the x axis. The y axis runs vertically across the system and all second terms in ordered pairs are y coordinates, from the y axis. The x and y axis work together to use a pattern of right angles and perpendicular lines in order to find ordered pairs and coordinates of x and y on the graph.
Tags: algebra, angle, axis, basic, cartesian, coordinate, graphing, graphs, horizontal, lines, ordered, pairs, perpendicular, right, system, vertical, x, y
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Definition of an Abscissa
Description
A detailed tutorial of the definition of an abscissa. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the definition of an abscissa for reference.
Overview
An abscissa is not a term commonly heard in math, but it is something that most of us are familar with. An abscissa is the first number or element in an ordered pair – pair implying that there are only two values. A well known example is a Cartesian coordinate (x, y). “x” is the abscissa in this case.
Tags: abscissa, cartesian, coordinate, element, First, Geometry, graph, Math, number, ordered, pair, term, value, x
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