Question

What quadrant would (4, 15) be?

Answer 1

Quadrant 1.

Explanation:

All points on a Cartesian plane are in either one of 4 quadrants. You can easily determine which quadrant this is in by finding "12 o'clock" on the Cartesian plane, which is the y-axis.

On the right of the y-axis and above the x-axis is quadrant 1.
Go anti-clockwise from Quadrant 1 and count up numbers, so to the left of the y-axis and above the x-axis is Quadrant 2. To the left of the y-axis and below the x-axis is Quadrant 3. To the right of the y-axis and below the x-axis is Quadrant 4.

Now, there is a formula to determine which quadrant any point is in. If a and b are positive in the coordinate point, (a,b), then it is in Quadrant 1. If a is negative and b is positive, then it is in Quadrant 2. If both a and b are negative, then it is in Quadrant 3. If a is positive and b is negative, then it is in Quadrant 4.

Now, let's determine which Quadrant this is in. Let's break up the point (4,15), where a=4 and b=15. Both are positive, so the point (4,15) is in Quadrant 1.