The Coordinate Plane. Other names include the x-y plane the rectangular coordinate plane and the Cartesian plane and that final name is in honor of the person who discovered it the French mathematician Rene Descartes. If youre seeing this message it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website.
Square EFHG is plotted on a coordinate plane. This video is about The Coordinate Plane. The axes cut the coordinate plane into four equal sections and each section is known as quadrant as shown below.
This point is called the origin.
Find the coordinates of points G and H given these conditions. One of the most elegant ideas in all of mathematics is the idea of the coordinate plane. The two axes intersect at a point called the origin. We use coordinates to describe where something is.
