SarahDavis rectangular coordinates & graphing utilities
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| x-axis | horizontal number line in a coordinate plane
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| y-axis | vertical number line in a coordinate plane
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| origin | point of intersection of the x- and y-axes in a coordinate plane
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| rectangular coordinate system | Cartesian coordinate system
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| x-y plane | plane formed by the x- and y-axes
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| coordinate axes | the x- and y-axes
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| to plot | to place a dot at the location of a point
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| abscissa | the x-coordinate
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| x-coordinate | the signed distance of point P from the y-axis
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| ordinate | the y-coordinate
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| y-coordinate | the signed distance of point P from the x-axis
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| quadrant | one of the four sections into which a coordinate plane is divided
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| pixel | one of the small rectangles into which a screen is divided
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| setting the range (on a calculator) | setting the scale on each axis and including the smallest and largest values of x and y to be shown in the WINDOW or viewing rectangle
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| time series data | data in which a variable is measured at different points in time. It is represented graphically by line graphs
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| relation | a correspondence between 2 variables, and can be written as an ordered pair
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| scatter diagram | the graph resulting from plotting ordered pairs in a Cartesian coordiante system
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| distance formula | sqroot[(x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2]
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| midpoint formula | the ordered pair obtained by averaging the x-coordinates and the y-coordinates of the endpoints
((x1+x2)/2, (y1+y2)/2)
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