What quadrant would (-5,2) be?

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What quadrant would (-5,2) be?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-20T18:33:59

$Quadrant II$ $"Quadrant II"$

Explanation:

$(- 5, 2)$ $(-5, 2)$

First, we know that the quadrants are in counterclockwise order:
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Here are two ways you can find the quadrant:

1. Which value(s) is/are positive and negative :
$(x, y) quadquadquadquadquad$ $=>$ $"Quadrant I"$
$(-x, y) quadquadquad => "Quadrant II"$
$(-x, -y) =>$ $"Quadrant III"$
$(x, -y) quadquadquad=> "Quadrant IV"$

In our coordinate, $x$ is negative $(-5)$ and $y$ is positive $(2)$ , which fits $(-x, y)$ , meaning that this coordinate is in $"Quadrant II"$ .

2. Graphing
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(desmos.com)

As you can see, our coordinate is indeed in $"Quadrant II"$ .

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