Origin

In two dimensions

On the flat coordinate plane, there are two axes, the vertical y-axis and the horizontal x-axis. The origin is the point where they intersect. This point has the coordinates 0,0 and is usually labelled with the letter O.

In three dimensions

In the three-dimensional coordinate system, in addition to the usual x and y- axes there is a third, the z-axis, that goes in and out of the screen at right angles to the other two. The origin is the point O where all three axes intersect. This point has the coordinates 0,0,0.

Other Coordinate Geometry topics

• Introduction to coordinate geometry
• The coordinate plane
• The origin of the plane
• Axis definition
• Coordinates of a point
• Distance between two points

• Introduction to Lines
  in Coordinate Geometry
• Line (Coordinate Geometry)
• Ray (Coordinate Geometry)
• Segment (Coordinate Geometry)
• Midpoint Theorem

• Distance from a point to a line
• - When line is horizontal or vertical
• - Using two line equations
• - Using trigonometry
• - Using a formula

• Intersecting lines

• Cirumscribed rectangle (bounding box)
• Area of a triangle (formula method)
• Area of a triangle (box method)
• Centroid of a triangle
• Incenter of a triangle
• Area of a polygon
• Algorithm to find the area of a polygon
• Area of a polygon (calculator)
• Rectangle
• Definition and properties, diagonals
• Area and perimeter
• Square
• Definition and properties, diagonals
• Area and perimeter
• Trapezoid
• Definition and properties, altitude, median
• Area and perimeter
• Parallelogram
• Definition and properties, altitude, diagonals

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