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What are the Coordinate Axes?

Definition: Coordinate Axes

Summary

  1. The coordinate axis are the horizontal and vertical lines in the coordinate plane
  2. The x-axis is the horizontal line, and the y-axis is the vertical line
  3. The origin is the point of intersection for the coordinate axes
  4. The origin has coordinates (0,0)

Notes

    1. The x-axis is the horizontal line, and the y-axis is the vertical line
    1. When the x and y axes cross they make what looks like a big plus sign with the x-axis going across and the y-axis going up and down
    1. Everything you could possibly graph in 2-D is in the coordinate plane
    1. The coordinate axes is just the intersecting x and y axes, and nothing else