coordinate plane
What coordinate plane means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The plane is cut by the two axes into four quadrants, and a coordinate pair gives across first, then up.
A two-dimensional plane with perpendicular coordinate axes used to locate points.
Topics that use coordinate plane
- Graphs (AQA GCSE)
- Algebra - Graphs (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Asymptote
- Asymptotes
- completing the square
- Displacement
- Distance travelled
- Gradient
- Parallel lines
- perpendicular lines
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