Question

what is the definition of origin

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

The point at which the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system intersect. The coordinates of the origin are (0,0)...

Answer 3

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Answer 4

@ryan123345 and you call yourself an "Ambassador"?

Answer 5

mmhm :) @skullpatrol

Answer 6

Have you even read the code of conduct?

Answer 7

Its a definition... Its not like its a equation problem... You dont just ask have any ideas to a definition problem.. lol. How are they gonna have a idea to a word they dont even know? providing a definition and a picture would help them understand completely...

Answer 8

Students are capable enough to come up with their own definition and then the teacher can make THEIR ideas more precise by giving the accepted definition.

Answer 9

I wonder how you can think of a definition if you dont know the word...

Answer 10

Learning is an approximating process.

Answer 11

I know what it is. its the point on the plane where the x axis and y axis cross eachother

Answer 12

and the ordered pair is 0,0

Answer 13

I'm sure everybody has heard the word "origin" before.

Answer 14

skull one more thing... Do you know what G.E.T.S means in math?

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You never know @skullpatrol. That was a very poor excuse.... You dont know if everyone knows what ''origin'' means.. Lol you arent supposed to look at someone that way..

Answer 16

You have to look at the people that struggle in math. We know so much about math that we tend to forget how easy a person can forget a word..

Answer 17

In math, like any other subject, we need to assume some familiarity and background.

Answer 18

You are assuming wrong. You are assuming people know everything we know. But it doesn't work that way...

Answer 19

You'll be surprised when you realize how many people in high school doesn't know what origin means...

Answer 20

The Origin of the Species has been well known to the general public for over 100 years.

Answer 21

Not to mention forms of the word such as "originate" "original"...

Answer 22

Students just need to understand the English language more precisely.

Answer 23

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