Rectangular Coordinate System

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Proponent of Rectangular Coordinate System (Cartesian Plane):

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Rene Descartes

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What divides the coordinate plane horizontally?

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x-axis

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Vertical number line in Rectangular Coordinate System

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y-axis

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Intersection of x-axis and y-axis on Cartesian Plane

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Origin

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Quadrants in a coordinate plane?

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4

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First number in the pair is the _____

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abscissa, x-coordinate

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The second number in a pair is called the _____

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ordinate, y-coordinate

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Order of signs in the second quadrant:

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negative, positive

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Signs of ordered pair in Quadrant III:

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(-, -)

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Order of signs in 4th quadrant:

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positive, negative