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How to label the quadrants of a graph?

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Hint: First of all, try to recollect the meaning of abscissa and ordinate in a coordinate plane. Now, plot the given line on the coordinate plane by joining at least two points. The quadrants are labeled starting in the upper right and going counter-clockwise as Q I, Q II, Q III, and Q IV. A coordinate plane is a two-dimensional number line where we call the vertical line as the y-axis and the horizontal line the x-axis.

Complete step by step answer:
The quadrants are numbered (usually using Roman Numerals) in the sequence in which they occur for angles in standard position. A quadrant is one of the four sections on a Cartesian plane. Each quadrant includes a combination of positive and negative values for x and y.
Here are the graph quadrants and their values:

Quadrant I: The first quadrant is in the upper right-hand corner of the plane. Both x and y have positive values in this quadrant.
Quadrant II: The second quadrant is in the upper left-hand corner of the plane. X has negative values in this quadrant and y has positive values.
Quadrant III: The third quadrant is in the bottom left corner. Both x and y have negative values in this quadrant.
Quadrant IV: The fourth quadrant is in the bottom right corner. X has positive values in this quadrant and y has negative values.

Note: Numbers are plotted on graph quadrants in what are known as ordered pairs. An ordered pair consists of two values, x and y. In an ordered pair, “x” is always the first value and “y” is always the second value. When plotting an ordered pair, the x value refers to the pair’s horizontal position on the graph. The y value refers to the vertical position.
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