{"id":337,"date":"2015-09-18T22:15:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T22:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/collegealgebra1xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=337"},"modified":"2015-11-04T21:27:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T21:27:06","slug":"introduction-to-the-rectangular-coordinate-systems-and-graphs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ivytech-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introduction-to-the-rectangular-coordinate-systems-and-graphs\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to The Rectangular Coordinate Systems and Graphs","rendered":"Introduction to The Rectangular Coordinate Systems and Graphs"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Plot ordered pairs in a Cartesian coordinate system.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Graph equations by plotting points.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Graph equations with a graphing utility.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Find [latex]x[\/latex] -intercepts and [latex]y[\/latex] -intercepts.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Use the distance formula.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Use the midpoint formula.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"731\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/924\/2015\/09\/25200240\/CNX_CAT_Figure_02_01_001.jpg\" alt=\"Road map of a city with street names on an x, y coordinate grid. Various points are marked in red on the grid lines indicating different locations on the map.\" width=\"731\" height=\"480\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\" \/> <b>Figure 1<\/b>[\/caption]\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 Figure 1. Laying a rectangular coordinate grid over the map, we can see that each stop aligns with an intersection of grid lines. 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Various points are marked in red on the grid lines indicating different locations on the map.\" width=\"731\" height=\"480\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>Figure 1<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>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 Figure 1. Laying a rectangular coordinate grid over the map, we can see that each stop aligns with an intersection of grid lines. 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