Drag the orange point anywhere. The first number is how far it sits from the vertical axis, the second is how far from the horizontal one. Watch the signs flip as you cross into a new quadrant.
Drag the orange point anywhereClick empty space to jump the point thereThe braces span each distance
Jump to quadrant
The point
x-coordinate
4
y-coordinate
3
Written as
P (4, 3)
Position
Quadrant I
Both coordinates are positive, so the point is in Quadrant I.
Distances from the axes
From the y-axis (vertical)
4 units
From the x-axis (horizontal)
3 units
The x-coordinate is the distance from the y-axis, not the x-axis. That catches almost everybody once.
Show
Turn on the ghost, then press Swap. The ghost and the point only land on top of each other when x and y are equal.
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