Coordinate Systems
Anyway to translate vectors and sets of numbers is called a coordinate system
3D Cartesian Coordinate System
3D Cartesian Coordinate System Properties:
- x-axis is the horizontal axis
- y-axis is the vertical axis
- z-axis is axis perpendicular to the x-y plane, pointing outward or inward.
- Look into left hand and right hand rule
- The point of intersection of the axes is called the Origin, denoted as (0,0,0).
- A point in the plane is represented by an ordered pair (x, y, z)
- A vector in space is represented in above image, where the tail sits on the Origin extends to the arrow tip