This document discusses controllability and observability of continuous systems. It defines controllability as the ability to transfer a system from any initial state to any desired state in finite time using control inputs. Observability is defined as the ability to determine the initial system state using the output. The concepts are analyzed using controllability and observability matrices. For a system to be both controllable and observable, the determinants of these matrices must be non-zero, allowing arbitrary placement of closed-loop poles. Examples are provided to illustrate these concepts.