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A vertical line on a graph. It can be located to the right or left, or even in the middle. Scientists label the y-axis with whatever they are measuring. The y-axis and its horizontal partner, the x-axis, tell us what data presented in the graph represents.
An x-y axis, also known as a cartesian coordinate system or a coordinate plane, is a two-dimensional plane of points defined uniquely by a pair of coordinates. The horizontal line, then, is known as the x axis and measures the distance left or right from the vertical line.
The independent variable belongs on the x-axis (horizontal line) of the graph and the dependent variable belongs on the y-axis (vertical line).
X-axis is the axis of the cartesian plane which represents the horizontal axis. The graph points plotted on the x-axis are from left to right. Y-axis is the axis of the cartesian plane which represents the vertical axis.
The y-axis is like a vertical ruler. It shows you where an object on a Cartesian plane, a two-dimensional mathematical graph, is in the y (vertical) direction. It is also the starting, or zero, point for measuring how far a point is to the right or left (horizontally) on a graph.
The x-coordinate always comes first, followed by the y-coordinate.
vertical axis
Line graphs consist of two axes: x-axis (horizontal) and y-axis (vertical), graphically denoted as (x,y). Each axis represents a different data type, and the points at which they intersect is (0,0).
The following pages describe the different parts of a line graph.