Question

An equation is written to represent the relationship between the temperature in Alaska during a snow storm, y, as it relates to the time in hours, x, since the storm started. A graph of the equation is created. Which quadrants of a coordinate grid should be used to display this data? please help.

Answer 1

the first and fourth quadrants

Explanation:

We have that the time found hours is given on the x-axis and that the temperature is represented on the y-axis.

Let's first analyze time:

Time cannot be negative, therefore, the x coordinate cannot be negative therefore, for the x axis, we can use the first and fourth quadrants

Second let's analyze the temperature:

The temperature can be negative, therefore, the coordinate and can be positive or negative therefore, that for the y axis, we can use all four quadrants.

If we combine the two previous conditions, we can deduce that we can only use the first and fourth quadrants to represent the required data.