Analytic Geometry

Y-Coordinate

Second component used to locate a point in a Cartesian coordinate system. Second element in an ordered pair of coordinates that represents the position on the second axis of a Cartesian coordinate system.

Educational note

In a Cartesian plane in a two-dimensional geometric space, the second axis, usually called the y-axis, is positioned vertically.

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