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OpenStudy (anonymous):

name the quadrant in which the following the points lie: i(1,1) ii(2,4) iii(-3,10) iv(-2,1) v(5,-1)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

any one knows the answer

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

Do you know what the quadrants are?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its written in the Q?

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

I meant in general. They start in the upper right with 1 and go counter clockwise. |dw:1411407173154:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah in know this

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i will send the question wait

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

OK. So if you look at those, you can generalize the positive and negative: |dw:1411407372596:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

So, anything with a positive x value will be in quad 1 or 4. If the y is also postitive, it will be in 1. If the y is negative, it will be in 4. You can evaluate each of the points that way.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x axis is the positive side and y axis ins the negative side

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

No. Both have positive and negative +X is Right of the origin -X is Left of the origin +Y is Above of the origin -Y is Below of the origin

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

So by looking at the + or - of both the x and y value you can say, "This is right/left and above/below the origin, therefor in quad..."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what does both have possitive and negative mean

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

You said, "x axis is the positive side and y axis ins the negative side" I was not sure what you meant, so I went back to general, which is there can be both + and - x values on the entire x axis and + or - y values on the entire y axis. Are you talking about quad 4? That would be a (+x,-y). Anything with a positive x and negative y is quad 4.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah quad 4

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

OK. Yes, that is what q4 would be.

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

So if you look at the 5 points you listed, one of them is in Q4. The others are not.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanku so much because i have exam tommorow

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