Abscissa is to ordinate as
A) y-axis is to x-axis.
B) x-axis is to y-axis.
C) vertical line is to horizontal line.
D) positive skew is to negative skew.

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The abscissa refers to the x-coordinate on a graph, while the ordinate refers to the y-coordinate. Therefore, the relationship between the two is that the abscissa is to the x-axis (which represents horizontal values) as the ordinate is to the y-axis (which represents vertical values).

Abscissa Is to Ordinate as