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The origin.
The point where the y-axis and the x-axis cross is called the origin. In a Cartesian coordinate system, this point has the coordinates (0, 0), indicating that both the x and y values are zero. The origin serves as the reference point for measuring distances and positions in the coordinate plane.
x and y form an ordered pair representing the coordinates of every point on the line defined by the equation. x is the horizontal distance of a point from the origin, which is the point where the axes cross, while y is the vertical distance of the point from the origin.
The X and Y axes meet at the origin.