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What is the Y-axis and what is the X-axis?

What is the Y-axis and what is the X-axis?-example-1
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On a coordinate plane, the x-axis is a horizontal number line while the y-axis is a perpendicular vertical line.

In other words, the y-axis is "up and down" and the x-axis is "left and right," see the attached image for a visual.

What is the Y-axis and what is the X-axis?-example-1
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