{"id":6796,"date":"2011-11-28T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T11:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2011-11-28T19:33:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T11:33:27","slug":"explore-basic-graph-concepts-and-understand-them-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/explore-basic-graph-concepts-and-understand-them-better-6796","title":{"rendered":"Explore basic graph concepts and understand them better"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imgRt\" style=\"width:230px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/plane-analytic-geometry\/1-distance-formula.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/11\/slope-parallel2.png\" alt=\"slopes of parallel lines\" width=\"228\" height=\"307\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nScreen shot: interactive graph<\/div>\n<p>The basic concepts in plane geometry (like distance and slope) are vital for understanding later math topics (like calculus).<\/p>\n<p>Many students get get confused with the formulas used in this topic. <\/p>\n<p>I recently  updated the introductory pages in the Plane Analytic Geometry chapter in IntMath. Each one now has an <strong>interactive graph<\/strong> that helps you to understand how the formula works. <\/p>\n<p>Check them out:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/plane-analytic-geometry\/1-distance-formula.php\">Distance Formula<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/plane-analytic-geometry\/1b-gradient-slope-line.php\">Gradient  of a Line, and Inclination<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/plane-analytic-geometry\/1c-parallel-lines.php\">Parallel Lines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/plane-analytic-geometry\/1d-perpendicular-lines.php\">Perpendicular Lines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Please tell me what you think of the interactive JSXGraphs on those pages. Any improvements you can suggest? <\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\"><a href=\"#respond\" id=\"comms\">Be the first to comment<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/explore-basic-graph-concepts-and-understand-them-better-6796\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/11\/slope-parallel.png\" alt=\"slopes of parallel lines\" width=\"128\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgRt\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n  Here are some  interactive graphs that help you better understand distance, slope, parallel lines and perpendicular lines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[134,127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}