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Why is it called XY axis?

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Answer: the tradition is to use (x, y) as the order of the coordinate pair locating a point on a plane

Step-by-step explanation: A two-axis system of east-west and north-south was defined using the algebra coordinate system created by mathematician René Descartes in the 1600s

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