Cartesian Coordinate System

Y-axis

Quadrant II Quadrant I

X-axis
Origin
(0,0)

Quadrant III Quadrant IV

Definition:
• x axis – a horizontal
number line on a Cartesian
plane.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
x
Definition:
• y axis – a vertical number
line on a Cartesian plane.
6
5
y 4
3
2
1
0
 Definition:
• Coordinates – an ordered pair of
numbers that give the location of a
point on the plane. (3, 4)

6
5
4 (3,4)
3
2
1
00 1 2 3 4 5 6
What is the ordered pair?

(3,5)
6
5
4
y 3
2
1
00 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
What is the ordered pair?

(4,0)
6
5
4
y 3
2
1
00 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
What is the ordered pair?

(0,5)
6
5
4
y 3
2
1
00 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
 Linear Equations in Two Variable
AA linear
linear equation
equation inin two
two variables
variables is
is an
an
equation
equation ofof the
the form
form
Ax
Ax ++ By
By = = CC
where
where A, A, B,
B, CC are
are real
real numbers
numbers and and AA && BB are
are
both
both not
not zero
zero
Examples of linear equation in two variables :
3x + 4y =23
X=6
7z + 4y =16
X + 9y = 0

The graph of any linear equation in two variables is a

straight line
Graphing Linear Equations in Two
Variables

• Graph: 5
4
y
2x + y = 3 3 (0, 3)
2
x y 1 (1, 1)
x
0 3 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 1 -2
(2, -1)

2 -1 -3
-4
-1 5 -5
Special Cases

Graph: y = 3 5
4
y
3
This is the set 2
of points that 1
x
have a y-
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
coordinate of
3. -2
-3
-4

(x, 3) for all x. -5

The Graph of y= 3 is a horizontal line
Special Cases

Graph: x = 5 5
4
y
3
This is the set of 2
points that have 1
x
a x-coordinate of
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5.
-2
-3
(5, y) for all y. -4
-5
The graph of x= 5 is a vertical line