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Question
What is the name of horizontal and the vertical lines drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane?
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Solution
The names of horizontal lines and vertical lines drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane are the x-axis and y-axis, respectively.
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