What Quadrant is (-2,-6) located in?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-11T03:36:42

As explained

The axes of a two-dimensional Cartesian system divide the plane into four infinite regions, called quadrants, each bounded by two half-axes .

These are often numbered from 1st to 4th and denoted by Roman numerals:

I (where the signs of the (x,y) coordinates are (+,+)), II (−,+), III (−,−), and IV (+,−).

![http://www.math-only-math.com/http://signs-of-coordinates.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/jTI1RFZrSWqTem40z8hB_signs%20and%20quadrants.jpg)

$"Given coordinates : " color(indigo)(-2,-6)$

$"Abscissa " = -2, " ordinate " = -6$

From the above diagram, the point lies in III Quadrant