Question

The point ( -3 , -2 ) lies in which quadrant?

Answer 1

Hint: In a graph , we can divide the xy – plane into four quadrants according to the value of x and y .

Complete step-by-step answer:
Step 1:
We know that our two dimensional graph contains four quadrants
In these four quadrants , all the points in the first quadrant, both x coordinate and y coordinate take positive values. In the second quadrant, x coordinate is negative and y coordinate is positive. In the third quadrant, x coordinate and y coordinate are negative, and in the fourth quadrant, x coordinate is positive and y coordinate is negative.
Step 2:
The given point is ( -3 , -4 ).
We can see that both the x coordinate and the y coordinate are negative.
Both the coordinates are negative in the third quadrant
Therefore our point lies in the third quadrant

Note: By convention, quadrants are named in an anticlockwise direction.
1.Each point is represented by its x-coordinate followed by its y-coordinate.
2.It is written as (x, y)
3.So, for a point (6, 3), its x-coordinate is 6 and y-coordinate is 3.
4.There are also points which do not lie on any of the four quadrants.
For example: (1, 0), (-1, 0), (0, 2) and (0, -5) do not lie on any of the four quadrants. They lie on the x-axis or y-axis.