Why the leter "Y" represent de vertical axe and the leter "X" represent the horizontal axe?
2006-10-12 15:09:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Well, the letter y represents the y-axis and the letter x the x-axis applies only in the xy-plane. Did you know that the letters x and y do not always represent the two mentioned axes. For example, the (x,y) coordinates do not apply as axes in the complex plane. You will see the complex plane later on. There is also an (x,y,z) plane in advanved algebra.
I found a link that may answer your question in more detail.
Go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system
Guido
2006-10-12 15:31:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 03:29:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for axing. Um, asking. It's arbitrary. Perhaps x, y, z were selected because there are three space dimensions, and those are the last three letters of the alphabet. But a, b, c are just as good.
2006-10-12 15:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by jacinablackbox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X, Y, and Z are more commonly used in math because they are not used much in words.
2006-10-12 15:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by bball_vball_grl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No specific reason.It is just a convention we all accept
2006-10-13 06:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um my chemistry teacher said that you could remember independent and dependent with them because x has two legs it could stand by itself so it was independent and since y only has one leg it needs help standing so it was dependent... my chem teacher is weird lol
2006-10-12 15:28:07 · answer #6 · answered by scoot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a convention like green is green, black is black and white is white.
2006-10-12 15:34:16 · answer #7 · answered by Freesia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a convention.
2006-10-12 15:11:25 · answer #8 · answered by Jim H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becasuse
rene descartes said so
2006-10-12 15:11:39 · answer #9 · answered by steve 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make things sound harder than they really are
2006-10-12 15:13:53 · answer #10 · answered by jake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋