Question

the ordered pair (a,b) gives the location of point P on the coordinate plane. The value of b is negative. The value of a is not 0. Where could point P be located on the coordinate plane?

Answer 1

P can be located anywhere below the x-axis but not directly on the y-axis

Explanation:

To start, "a" refers to the x coordinate for P and "b" is the y coordinate. The y axis is the vertical line on a graph and anything below the point of 0 is negative. If x can't be 0, that also means that it can't be on the y axis. So, if the x coordinate can be any number and y is negative, P can be anywhere below the x-axis and not on the y-axis (drawing a graph will help with understanding, too).