The x-coordinate represents the horizontal shift, starting from the origin, and the y-coordinate represents the vertical shift.
Graph:
Location: Quadrant I
Practice makes perfect
An ( x, y) ordered pair is plotted in a coordinate plane by finding the x-coordinate on the horizontal axis and the y-coordinate on the vertical axis. For the given point, A( 1, 3), this means tracing one unit in the positive horizontal direction, then three units in the positive vertical direction.
To determine A's quadrant, we will count counter-clockwise starting from the upper-right. The given point lies in Quadrant I.
Extra
Visualizing Quadrants
To help you visualize each of the different quadrants, we have also included the graphic below.
