Write the answer of each of the following questions:
(i) What is the name of horizontal and the vertical lines drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane?
(ii) What is the name of each part of the plane formed by these two lines?
(iii) Write the name of the point where these two lines intersect.

Solution:

(i) The horizontal line that is drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane is called the x-axis. The vertical line that is drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane is called as y-axis.

(ii) The name of each part of the plane formed by the x-axis and y-axis is called a quadrant.

(iii) The point where the x-axis and the y-axis intersect is called the origin (O).

☛ Check: NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 3

Video Solution:

Write the answer of each of the following questions: (i) What is the name of horizontal and the vertical lines drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane? (ii) What is the name of each part of the plane formed by these two lines? (iii) Write the name of the point where these two lines intersect.

NCERT Solutions Class 9 Maths Chapter 3 Exercise 3.2 Question 1

Summary:

The name of horizontal and the vertical lines drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane are x-axis and y-axis, the name of each part of the plane formed by these two lines is called a quadrant, the name of the point where these two lines intersect is called as Origin (O).

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