Question

Without plotting the points indicate the quadrant in which they lie, if : abscissa is -5 and ordinate is – 3​

Answer 1

Answer:

When we write an ordered pair say

(

x

,

y

)

,

the first number

x

is abscissa and denotes how far the point lies to the left (if it is negative) or right (if it is positive) of origin and

the second number

y

is ordinate and denotes how much above the point is above the real number line (if it is positive) or below the real number line (if it is negative).

Here the point is

(

12

,

−

7

)

and hence

12

is abscissa and

−

7

is ordinate. The point is indicated in the graph below.

graph{(x-12)^2+(y+7)^2=0.05 [-15.58, 24.42, -9.84, 10.16]}

Answer 2

-5-3= -8

so the answer is -8