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The document discusses the Cartesian coordinate system, including defining the x- and y- axes, quadrants, plotting points given coordinates, and relationships between sign of coordinates and quadrants. It also provides example problems for practicing plotting and identifying points and shapes on the Cartesian plane.

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9 Mathematics

The document discusses the Cartesian coordinate system, including defining the x- and y- axes, quadrants, plotting points given coordinates, and relationships between sign of coordinates and quadrants. It also provides example problems for practicing plotting and identifying points and shapes on the Cartesian plane.

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Class Notes

Class: IX Topic: COORDINATE GEOMETERY

Subject: MATHEMATICS

Cartesian System
If we take two number lines, one horizontal and one vertical, and then combine them in such a way
that they intersect each other at their zeroes, and then they form a Cartesian Plane.

 The horizontal line is known as the x-axis and the vertical line is known as the y-axis.
 The point where these two lines intersects each other is called the origin. It is represented
as ‘O’.
 OX and OY are the positive directions as the positive numbers lie in the right and upward
direction.
 Similarly, the left and the downward directions are the negative directions as all the
negative numbers lie there

Quadrants of the Cartesian Plane


The Cartesian plane is dividing into four quadrants named as Quadrant I, II, III, and
IV anticlockwise from OX.
Coordinates of a Point
To write the coordinates of a point we need to follow these rules-
 The x - coordinate of a point is marked by drawing perpendicular from the y-axis
measured a length of the x-axis. It is also called the Abscissa.
 The y - coordinate of a point is marked by drawing a perpendicular from the x-axis
measured a length of the y-axis. It is also called the Ordinate.
 While writing the coordinates of a point in the coordinate plane, the x - coordinate comes
first, and then the y - coordinate. We write the coordinates in brackets

In the above figure, OB = CA = x coordinate (Abscissa), and CO = AB = y coordinate (Ordinate).


We write the coordinate as (x, y).
Remark: As the origin O has zero distance from the x-axis and the y-axis so its abscissa and ordinate
are zero. Hence the coordinate of the origin is (0, 0).

The relationship between the signs of the coordinates of a


point and the quadrant of a point in which it lies.
Quadr Coordi
Sign in the quadrant
ant nate
I (+, +) 1st quadrant is enclosed by the positive x-axis and the positive y-axis.
II (-, +) 2nd quadrant is enclosed by the negative x-axis and the positive y-axis.
III (-, -) 3rd quadrant is enclosed by the negative x-axis and the negative y-axis.
IV (+, -) 4th quadrant is enclosed by the positive x-axis and the negative y-axis

Plotting a Point in the Plane if its Coordinates are Given


Steps to plot the point (2, 3) on the Cartesian plane -
 First of all, we need to draw the Cartesian plane by drawing the coordinate axes with 1 unit
= 1 cm.
 To mark the x coordinates, starting from 0 moves towards the positive x-axis and count to
2.
 To mark the y coordinate, starting from 2 moves upwards in the positive direction and
count to 3.
 Now this point is the coordinate (2, 3)
Likewise, we can plot all the other points, like (-3, 1) and (-1.5,-2.5)

Extra questions for practice.


Q.1 Plot the following points and check whether they are collinear or not:
(i) (1, 3), (– 1, – 1), (– 2, – 3)
(ii) (1, 1), (2, – 3), (– 1, – 2)
Q.2 Points A (5, 3), B (–2, 3) and D (5, –4) are three vertices of a square ABCD. Plot these points on a
graph paper and hence find the coordinates of the vertex C.
Q.3 Plot the following points and write the name of the figure obtained by joining them in order:
P(– 3, 2), Q (– 7, – 3), R (6, – 3), S (2, 2)
Q.4 Locate the points (5, 0), (0, 5), (2, 5), (5, 2), (–3, 5), (–3, –5), (5, –3) and (6, 1) in the Cartesian plane.

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