An ordered pair (x, y) represents a location on a coordinate plane. The first value 'x' is the horizontal position, and the second value 'y' is the vertical position.
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Pro Tips
Quadrant I: (+, +)
Quadrant II: (-, +)
Quadrant III: (-, -)
Quadrant IV: (+, -)
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Fun Facts
"René Descartes invented the Cartesian coordinate system."
"Ordered pairs can be extended to n-tuples in higher dimensions."