MATH Flashcards
The rectangular coordinate system is also known as?
Cartesian or Descartes
What is a plane?
a flat surface, two-dimensional surface that extends infinitely far
The ____ of a point is a pair of numbers used to locate a point on a plane
Coordinate or ordered pair.
Each of the four regions created by the intersection of the axes on the coordinate plane is called?
Quadrant
Vertical axis
Y-axis
Point where x and y-axes meet is called as, what is the value of it?
origin, 0,0
horizontal axis
x-axis
Line rises from left to right
positive slope
Line rises from right to left
negative slope
line is horizontal
zero slope
line is vertical
undefined slope
The slope of a line is sometimes called rise over ___
run
The slope of a line is a change in __ divided by the change in ___
y, x
x with 2 under it and y with 2 under it is read as?
x sub 2 y sub 2
What is a line?
a line is the set of points forming a straight path on a plane