on the x or y axes?
2006-09-02 11:31:17 · 5 answers · asked by *~Miley Cyrus fan*~ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The horizontal axis is for the independent variable. (X)
The vertical axis is for the dependent variable. (Y)
2006-09-02 11:49:15 · answer #1 · answered by exxavier 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A function is like a calculator machine: It has an input, a processing action, an output.
When we use the notation: y = f(x) we means that x is the input, f is the processing that will be done with the input, and y is the output. The input(x) is called independent variable because it is a real number of function domain. The output(y) is called dependent variable because it depends on the input value.
A Math convention, so that everybody can speak the same language, is to put the input in an axe with the same name... x
the output in a perpendicular axe with name y.
You are free to change this convention, but everybody will have a hard time to understand your particular Math.
2006-09-02 11:49:53 · answer #2 · answered by vahucel 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
always in X axis
2006-09-02 11:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by Maria M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
x
2006-09-02 11:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by raie 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
x-axis.
2006-09-02 11:32:09 · answer #5 · answered by Taha T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋