Well... It's a graph system that can be 2d (like, a graph) or 3d (with 4 graph things in a square formation). It can be used in many ways... The people on Wiki Answers are sooooo retarted that they didn't answer any of 'em. So... yah.
The Cartesian plane is used for coordinated geometry.
cartesian coordinate isn't a system. the graphs you put on the cartesian coordinate plane can be systems. these graphs can be anything you want them to be. and they are calculate different every time. the thing to remember about cartesian coordinate planes is the you plot the points of (x,y)
The parts of the cartesian plane are:y-axis or abscissa and x-axis or ordinateoriginQuadrant I,II,III,IVpositive and negative infinitiesthe pointsthe linesthe planes
The labelling of the lines tells you what they represent.
They are named after the man who invented them, it is said that he was sick, lying in bed watching a fly zig zag above him and he realised he could plot the location of the fly on a plane marked with co-ordinates.
The cartesian coordinates are plotted on the cartesian plane
Cartesian Planes are usually used to section off certain objects in sciences such as archaeology and lab biology. These typically only deal with the first quadrant. Geography also has use for the Cartesian Plane by stretching it across the globe and making maps. Latitude and Longitude are recorded as ordered pairs. Statisticians also use Cartesian Planes to track information and trends. Physicists, Economists, Engineers, and field biologists often do the same by allowing time to be x and some other factor to be y. This allows them to represent data in a way that makes more sense to the human mind than a long chart of numbers.
Cartesian refers to the philosopher and mathematician Ren
what are the parts of the Cartesian plane ?
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René Descartes - hence cartesian
Cartesian Reflections was created in 2008.