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Q: Why are the x and y axis lines named y and x?
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How do you remember the x axis and the y axis?

X has two lines that cross. Think of a-cross. X axis is horizontal on a coordinate plane. Y has a vertical line... the Y axis is the vertical on a coordinate plane.


What is the equetion of a straight line?

Y=mx+b. this equation is used for straight lines on a graph. Each letter represents something different. Y is the y-axis (the vertical lines of the graph). M is the slope. X is the x-axis (the horizontal lines of the graph). B is the y-intercepts (where the line intercepts with the y axis).


What is y and x axis?

an x and y axis is what you would find on a grid, most probable a bar chart


How do you write an equation if the slope is undefined?

Undefined slopes belong to lines that are vertical. These lines do not cross the y-axis, but do cross the x-axis. Therefore, the equation for these lines are always: x = # (where # is the value at which the line is crossing the x-axis).


What is the horizontal and vertical lines in a coordinate system?

Horizontal is X-Axis and Vertical is Y-Axis.


Latitude represents which axis on the grid?

lines of lattitude extend up the y axis but are parallel to/on the x axis


What are the values of x and y?

y is up and down, x is forward and back, And Z is left and right. If you mean like a sales chart, it probably means different products they are selling. That is what they mean, where you find them are depending on the chart


What two lines make a coordinate graph?

The X and Y Axis


Why not every line has both an x- and a y- intercept?

Some lines does not touch the x-axis or y-axis. For example, when the equation of line is y=1, the line never touches the y-axis [coordinates on the line would be (_,1)]. Equations such as y=1/x will not touch both axis.


What is another named for the y coordinate?

The Y-axis is also known as the Ordinate, while the X-axis is known as the Abscissa.


Can a point lie on two different lines?

Yes as long as the two lines are intersecting at that point. For example if you looked at an x-y axis, the point (0,0) would lie on both the x and y axis or two different lines.


What is a definition for coordinate graph?

A coordinate graph has two perpendicular lines, or axes, labeled with number and called number lines. The horizontal axis is called the x-axis. The vertical axis is called the y-axis. The point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect is called the origin. I'm doing this in school now!