{"id":81,"date":"2023-06-21T13:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introduction-points-and-lines-in-the-plane\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T19:00:27","slug":"introduction-points-and-lines-in-the-plane","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introduction-points-and-lines-in-the-plane\/","title":{"raw":"2.3 Introduction to Points and Lines in the Coordinate Plane","rendered":"2.3 Introduction to Points and Lines in the Coordinate Plane"},"content":{"raw":"

What you\u2019ll learn to do: Plot points and lines on the coordinate plane and calculate distances based on their locations<\/h2>\r\n\"Road\r\n\r\nTracie set out from Elmhurst, IL to go to Franklin Park. On the way, she made a few stops to do errands. Each stop is indicated by a red dot in the figure below. Laying a rectangular coordinate grid over the map, we can see that each stop aligns with an intersection of grid lines. In this section, we will learn how to use grid lines to describe locations and changes in locations.","rendered":"

What you\u2019ll learn to do: Plot points and lines on the coordinate plane and calculate distances based on their locations<\/h2>\n

\"Road<\/p>\n

Tracie set out from Elmhurst, IL to go to Franklin Park. On the way, she made a few stops to do errands. Each stop is indicated by a red dot in the figure below. Laying a rectangular coordinate grid over the map, we can see that each stop aligns with an intersection of grid lines. In this section, we will learn how to use grid lines to describe locations and changes in locations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t

Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
CC licensed content, Original<\/div>