| Summary: | This lesson introduces coordinate geometry. It begins with the coordinate plane and then moves on to the distance and midpoint formulas. The slope of a line is also covered, including slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines.
After this lesson, you will be able to:
- plot points in a coordinate or cartesian plane.
- Identify the x coordinate or abscissa and the y coordinate or ordinate of an ordered pair.
- graph a line segment.
- find the distance between any two points on a line segment using the distance formula.
- find the midpoint of a line segment using the midpoint formula.
- determine the slope of a line.
- find collinear points using the slope formula.
- work with the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines.
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