Question

Rachelle graphs a point at (4, 2). She says that she can move her

point four or more units to the left and two or more units down to arrive at a point in the third quadrant. Is Rachelle correct? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

Answer: yes, Rachelle is correct.

Explanation:

first, if you're moving left, you're subtracting from the x value.

4-4=0

next, if you're moving down then you're subtracting from the y value.

2-2=0

if you subtract more than the given numbers, like said in the problem, you would have coordinates like (-1,-1) or (-3,-4)

therefore, you would be in the third quadrant.