Question

I need to help my daughter with an algebra problem and I don't know how to help with this one. 24. (-5, -3)

Answer 1

That's an ordered pair located in the third quadrant of the Cartesian plane.

Answer 2

What is the question?

Answer 3

it says write equations of the horizontal and vertical lines that pass through the given point???

Answer 4

x = -5 for the vertical, y = -3 for the horizontal.

Answer 5

thank you.

Answer 6

Hard to explain though. if its a vertical line the the gradient is infinite, it will never move away from it's x coordinate. there for it's x = -5.