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Circle graphs show data in a circle, while line graphs are akin to join the dots, and a bar graph shows data in vertical or horizontal bars, but all three show the same data results.
Most graphs use two scales: a horizontal scale and a vertical scale. What is on the scales depends on what the graph is to be used for. For example: the vertical scale could show distance travelled, while the horizontal scale could show the time.
Do you mean a line graph? In most graphs you have a vertical axis and a horizontal axis. Usually there is data, numbers, or other factors on each. The horizontal is the first number or data in the pair of numbers if you are going to graph it. Start at the bottom and move up until you are next to the number on the vertical axis.
I can describe for you what the graph will look like. It is a straight line, with slope of 5 (5 units vertical rise for every 1 unit horizontal 'run'). It intersects the y axis at (0,4) and intersects the x axis at (-4/5,0)
The x axis is the horizontal axis. The y axis is the vertical axis.
They are transformations of plane graphs.
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Vertical and horizontal lines in most graphs are called axes (plural of axis). They create the plane on which the graph sits. The X axis is the horizontal axis and goes across the graph. The Y axis is vertical axis and goes up and down the graph. They could also be lines which depict places that the graph never touches; this would be called an asymptote.
Circle graphs show data in a circle, while line graphs are akin to join the dots, and a bar graph shows data in vertical or horizontal bars, but all three show the same data results.
x = 0 | 0 - 13 = (-13) | (0, -13) x = 1 | 1 - 13 = (-12) | (1, -12) x = 2 | 2 - 13 = (-11) | (2, -11) ---- Common sense says, by plotting the coordinates above in our head, [ x - 13 ] makes a diagonal line. It has a positive slope, as the line rises.
Most graphs use two scales: a horizontal scale and a vertical scale. What is on the scales depends on what the graph is to be used for. For example: the vertical scale could show distance travelled, while the horizontal scale could show the time.
A bar graph consists of either horizontal or vertical bars representing data. Bar graphs are great for recognizing volume. A line graph consists of a horizontal line that has points where the line may not be straight. Line graphs are great for recognizing trends in data.
The usual way is to plot the independent variable on the horizontal, and the dependent variable on the vertical. There are some where the dependent is on the horizontal, though. Supply-Demand and Price graphs in Economics comes to mind, as an example.