Rectangular Coordinates
FIU has online movies to help with this topic on this page. You must have QuickTime Player, a free download, installed on your computer.
Plotting ordered pairs is movie 3.2 on this page.
The Distance Formula is movie 3.24 on this
page.
The Midpoint Formula is movie 3.3 on this
page.
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Plotting ordered pairs
The
Distance Formula
The Midpoint Formula
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