# 11.1 Use the rectangular coordinate system

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By the end of this section, you will be able to:
• Plot points on a rectangular coordinate system
• Identify points on a graph
• Verify solutions to an equation in two variables
• Complete a table of solutions to a linear equation
• Find solutions to linear equations in two variables

Before you get started, take this readiness quiz.

1. Evaluate: $x+3$ when $x=-1.$
If you missed this problem, review Add Integers .
2. Evaluate: $2x-5y$ when $x=3,y=-2.$
If you missed this problem, review Multiply and Divide Integers .
3. Solve for $y\text{:}\phantom{\rule{0.2em}{0ex}}40-4y=20.$
If you missed this problem, review Solve Equations with Variables and Constants on Both Sides .

## Plot points on a rectangular coordinate system

Many maps, such as the Campus Map shown in [link] , use a grid system to identify locations. Do you see the numbers $1,2,3,$ and $4$ across the top and bottom of the map and the letters A, B, C, and D along the sides? Every location on the map can be identified by a number and a letter.

For example, the Student Center is in section 2B. It is located in the grid section above the number $2$ and next to the letter B. In which grid section is the Stadium? The Stadium is in section 4D.

Use the map in [link] .

1. Find the grid section of the Residence Halls.
2. What is located in grid section 4C?

## Solution

1. Read the number below the Residence Halls, $4,$ and the letter to the side, A. So the Residence Halls are in grid section 4A.
2. Find $4$ across the bottom of the map and C along the side. Look below the $4$ and next to the C. Tiger Field is in grid section 4C.

Use the map in [link] .

1. Find the grid section of Taylor Hall.
2. What is located in section 3B?
1. 1C
2. Engineering Building

Use the map in [link] .

1. Find the grid section of the Parking Garage.
2. What is located in section 2C?
1. 1A
2. Library

Just as maps use a grid system to identify locations, a grid system is used in algebra to show a relationship between two variables in a rectangular coordinate system. To create a rectangular coordinate system, start with a horizontal number line. Show both positive and negative numbers as you did before, using a convenient scale unit. This horizontal number line is called the x -axis    .

Now, make a vertical number line passing through the $x\text{-axis}$ at $0.$ Put the positive numbers above $0$ and the negative numbers below $0.$ See [link] . This vertical line is called the y -axis    .

Vertical grid lines pass through the integers marked on the $x\text{-axis}.$ Horizontal grid lines pass through the integers marked on the $y\text{-axis}.$ The resulting grid is the rectangular coordinate system.

The rectangular coordinate system is also called the $x\text{-}y$ plane, the coordinate plane, or the Cartesian coordinate system (since it was developed by a mathematician named René Descartes.)

The $x\text{-axis}$ and the $y\text{-axis}$ form the rectangular coordinate system. These axes divide a plane into four areas, called quadrants    . The quadrants are identified by Roman numerals, beginning on the upper right and proceeding counterclockwise. See [link] .

In the rectangular coordinate system, every point is represented by an ordered pair    . The first number in the ordered pair is the x -coordinate of the point, and the second number is the y -coordinate of the point.

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