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The Cartesian Coordinate System
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The Cartesian coordinate system crosses a horizontal x-axis with a vertical y-axis at the origin, locating every point in the plane by an ordered pair (x, y).
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Legend has René Descartes tracking a fly on his ceiling and locating it by its distances from two walls — two numbers, one point.
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