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The Coordinate Plane Imagine the top surface of your desk stretching in every direction. If it continued to spread , it would go right through your neighbor . . . In mathematics, a plane is a flat surface that goes on forever in every direction. In Algebra, we often use the coordinate plane. The coordinate plane is divided by two number lines. One is horizontal, like the number line you already know. The other is vertical, with up being the positive direction and down being the negative direction. The coordinate plane is filled with points . . . . . . infinitely many points. And somewhere amo