Question

What is the name horizontal and vertical lines drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane?

Answer 1

Here we will use the concept of the Cartesian planes. Cartesian planes are the system of planes in which two lines are perpendicular to each other and used as a reference to determine the coordinates of a point. So by using this concept we will get the names of the horizontal and vertical lines.

Complete step-by-step answer:
We know that the position of any point is represented by the coordinates and the coordinates comprise two distances. One distance is from the $X$-axis and the other from the $Y$-axis.
So the horizontal line drawn in the Cartesian plane is known as the $X$-axis and the vertical line drawn in the Cartesian plane is known as the $Y$-axis.
For example: Coordinates of a point is $\left( {5,2} \right)$ which means the point has an intercept of 5 on the $X$-axis and the point has the intercept of 2 on the $Y$-axis in the Cartesian plane.
Also in the representation of this axis in the Cartesian plane are perpendicular to each other and intersecting at a point which is named as the origin.

Note: We should note that while writing the coordinates of a point always the $X$-axis intercept of the point is written first and then the $Y$-axis intercept is written. In addition to this, the positive $X$-axis is towards the right side of the origin and negative $X$-axis is towards the left side of the origin. Also the positive $Y$-axis is towards the upward direction from the origin and negative $Y$-axis is towards the downward direction from the origin.