The point (-4, 5) lies on
AThe third quadrant
BThe first quadrant
CThe second quadrant
DThe fourth quadrant
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The second quadrant
1. x = -4 < 0 and y = 5 > 0.
2. Negative x with positive y is above the x-axis to the left.
3. That region is the second quadrant.
4. So option A is correct.
_Source: Selina Concise Mathematics Class 9, Ch 26 Co-ordinate Geometry (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on quadrants_
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