Question

Sign of abscissa and ordinate of a point in the third quadrant will be

• A. +,+
• B. -,-
• C. -,+
• D. +,-

Answer 1

The correct option is B

-,-

Any point in the third quadrant is below the x-axis and to the left of y axis. Hence both x and y coordinate will be negative.

Consider any point in the third quadrant, example (-2,-1) we observe the signs are negative for both the abscissa and the ordinate.