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Say where each point lies, in a quadrant or on an axis: (-4, 7), (6, -1), (-3, -3), (2, 8), (0…

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Say where each point lies, in a quadrant or on an axis: $(-4, 7)$ , $(6, -1)$ , $(-3, -3)$ , $(2, 8)$ , $(0, -6)$ , $(5, 0)$ . How many of them lie in a quadrant?

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A point is $(x, y)$ : go $x$ along the x-axis, then $y$ up or down. The signs choose the quadrant: I $(+, +)$ , II $(-, +)$ , III $(-, -)$ , IV $(+, -)$ . A point on an axis lies in no quadrant: $y = 0$ on the x-axis, $x = 0$ on the y-axis.

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