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- The Cartesian Plane
A Cartesian plane contains two lines, one horizontal i.e. (left to right) and the other vertical (top to bottom) intersecting at a point called the origin (0).
The horizontal line is called the x-axis (abscissa) and the vertical line is called the y-axis (ordinate).
e.g. \( \scriptsize \left( \underset{x\:coordinate}{2} \; \;\: \underset{comma}{,} \;\;\: \underset{y-coordinate}{5} \right) \)
The plane x, y is called the Cartesian coordinate system P (x, y)
The x-coordinate is always written first followed by a comma and then the y-coordinate
Let’s consider the image above:
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