Write the answer to each of the following questions:
$(i)$ What is the name of the 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.

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(N/A) $(i)$ The name of the horizontal line is the $x$-axis and the name of the vertical line is the $y$-axis.
$(ii)$ Each part of the plane formed by these two lines is called a quadrant.
$(iii)$ The point where these two lines intersect is called the origin.

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