A rectangular coordinate plane, also known as a Cartesian plane, comprises an infinite plane (or a part of one) with a pair of axes that meet at right angles. The "horizontal" axis (x-axis) goes from left to right while the "vertical" axis (y-axis) goes from bottom to top. The axes meet at the origin and the location of every point in the plane is uniquely identified by an ordered pair. The first number in the ordered pair is the signed distance from the origin to the point in the direction of the x-axis while the second is the corresponding measure along the y-axis.
The Rectangular Coordinate Plane
Descartes
Cartesian coordinate system.
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A point's y coordinate is its vertical position, or how high or low it is.
The Rectangular Coordinate Plane
* Cartesian co-ordinate system * The complex plane is called Argand Plane
Renee Descartes invented the Cartesian Coordinate system, commonly known as rectangular coordinates.
The other name for the rectangular coordinate system is the Cartesian coordinate system. You can remember it because cartography is the study of maps, which are generally rectangular.
Rene Descartes developed the rectangular coordinate system.
Descartes
Cartesian coordinate system.
section or quarter of cartesian grid systemthe four regions into which the plane is divide by a rectangular coordinate system.
The coordinate system can be in any number of dimensions whereas the coordinate plane is a 2-dimensional concept.
The coordinate system can be in any number of dimensions whereas the coordinate plane is a 2-dimensional concept.
It is the coordinate or Cartesian plane.
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