THE POSITION

Question

Use complete sentences to describe how measurements of position in two directions (vertical and horizontal) are sufficient enough to describe the position of an object on a flat surface.

Answer 1

This is the basic idea of Cartesian coordinates--locating a point in a plane by an x coordinate and a y coordinate.

Starting from the Origin, you can get to any point by traveling left (-) or right (+) some number of units (horizontal distance) and then travel up (+) or down (-) some other vertical distance, and you'll be at any desired point, by suitable directed distances.

 

I leave it to you to put INTO YOUR OWN WORDS.  BTW: this is the basic idea of analytic geometry.