Question

What does the ordered pair $(-1,3)$ represent?

• A. $x=3$ and $y=-1$
• B. $x=-1$ and $y=3$
• C. $x=1$ and $y=3$
• D. $x=-1$ and $y=-3$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $x=-1$ and $y=3$

The given point is $(-1,3)$.

The coordinate on a cartesian plane is denoted as $(x,y)$.

The first coordinate denotes $x$ and the second one denotes $y$.

On comparing $(x,y)$ with $(-1,3)$, we get, $x=-1$ and $y=3$.