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Coordinates on a Grid
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The First Quadrant Grid
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Read each marked point as an (x, y) pair, with x measured along the bottom and y measured up the side. The origin sits at (0, 0), point B at (3, 0) lies on the x axis, and point C at (0, 4) lies on the y axis. Always count from the origin and write x first.