A point has a negative abscissa and a negative ordinate. In which quadrant does it lie?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Quadrant III
The abscissa is the x-coordinate and the ordinate is the y-coordinate. The signs in the quadrants are: Quadrant I \((+,\,+)\), Quadrant II \((-,\,+)\), Quadrant III \((-,\,-)\) and Quadrant IV \((+,\,-)\).
Negative abscissa: the point is to the left of the y-axis
Negative ordinate: the point is below the x-axis
Left of the y-axis and below the x-axis is Quadrant III