Is there a proof for this or we should accept that?

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Why are two independent parameters necessary and enough for determining position of a point with respect to a reference point in a plane?

In other words, I want to address a point from another reference point in a plane. How many independent parameters are necessary and enough for that aim? And why?

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To show the sufficient condition, you can reason as follows:

  • choose three points in the plane forming a non-degenerate triangle and choose two sides;

  • for any point, there are two unique lines parallel to the respective sides that pass through it;

  • the intersection points of the parallels with the sides can be unambiguously located by means of the ratio of lengths.

Conversely, two ratios define two non-parallel lines, that have a single intersection point.

By this method any point can be unambiguously designated by two real numbers.