Introduction to The Rectangular Coordinate Systems and Graphs
Learning Objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:- Plot ordered pairs in a Cartesian coordinate system.
- Graph equations by plotting points.
- Graph equations with a graphing utility.
- Find -intercepts and -intercepts.
- Use the distance formula.
- Use the midpoint formula.
![Road map of a city with street names on an x, y coordinate grid. Various points are marked in red on the grid lines indicating different locations on the map.](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/courses-images-archive-read-only/wp-content/uploads/sites/924/2015/09/25200240/CNX_CAT_Figure_02_01_001.jpg)
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