How Excel Charts Work A chart has an x-axis range and a y-axis range to show the correlation between two different data sets. The x-axis is the horizontal category line.

Slide 1 of 6, Label to the left of a graph y equals x. Graph showing the x axis and y axis increasing in units of five and ten and decreasing in units of minus five and minus ten. Intersecting ...

The constant term in the equation (the + 1 or ‒ 2) shows the point where the graph crosses the y -axis. This is known as the y -intercept and is represented by the letter c in y = m x + c.

The X-axis, which is the horizontal axis, on most Excel charts does not use numeric intervals like the vertical Y-axis does. The X-axis contains either strings of text or a date under each set of ...

Therefore, it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. Nonetheless, viewing a depiction of business value and technical value on X and Y axes portrays a more integrative approach to enterprise storage.

Here’s a lovely chart with dual y-axes to provide a quick visual check. Note that I’m plotting murder vs. mis trust in government, since that’s supposed to be the actual driving factor: ...

The X/Y axis competitive analysis slide is a used by existing companies who plan to enter into an existing market. In this case the basis of competition on the X/Y axes are metrics defined by the ...

The right principle is that charts ought to show appropriate context. Sometimes that context includes zero, but sometimes it doesn’t. It’s long past time to say no to y-axis fundamentalism.