alleryStart learning →The rectangular coordinate system is built from how many axes?
AThree axes
BFour axes
CTwo axes
DOne axis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Two axes
1. The plane needs a horizontal and a vertical reference.
2. Points are located by an ordered pair of two numbers.
3. Each number is measured along its own axis.
4. These axes divide a plane into four regions called quadrants.
_Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 'Graphs', sections 4.1-4.7_
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