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Re: do any points on line k lie in quadrant III? [#permalink]
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Here is a way I use to imagine the slopes (i think it'll help an outdoor person who's math sucks as bad as mine!)

Positive slope... it is an incline, I can climb.
Negative slope... no way I can climb this slope (unless I have the Cliffhanger training)
0 - ah okay, plain straight line, just walk
infinite - up against a wall

So in this particular context, positive slope wherever it is drawn, will pass through IIIrd quadrant... well I had a tough time remembering quadrants.
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Re: do any points on line k lie in quadrant III? [#permalink]
Agree with Economist this is more of an imagination ques. and thanks Bunnel your notes are really helpful!
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Re: do any points on line k lie in quadrant III? [#permalink]
Awesome notes!!!!!!!Thanks a ton!

Getting greedy..have you posted any other topic notes somewhere else? :?:
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In the xy-coordinate system, do any points on line k lie in quadrant III?

(1) Line k has y-intercept 2

(2) Line k has slope 2/3

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For the line to be in the III quadrant the slope of the line y = mx+c that is m should be positive.

Statement A: Tells us that y-intercept is 2. Y-intercept means point where x is zero. Hence when x=0, y=2 in the line y=mx+c =>c = 2. This statement does not give us the value of m (slope of the line). Hence insufficient.

Statement B: Line K has slope 2/3. Given m = 2/3 which is +ve and hence some point of the line k should lie in the III quadrant.

Sufficient. Hence B is the answer.
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so in III and I quadrant slope will be positive and in II and IV quadrant slope will be negative ?
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shrive555 wrote:
so in III and I quadrant slope will be positive and in II and IV quadrant slope will be negative ?


Yes, but the wording should be spot on since there are minor twists to the rule.

Rule:
SLOPE AND QUADRANTS:

1. If the slope of a line is negative, the line WILL intersect quadrants II and IV. X and Y intersects of the line with negative slope have the same sign. Therefore if X and Y intersects are positive, the line intersects quadrant I; if negative, quadrant III.

2. If the slope of line is positive, line WILL intersect quadrants I and III. Y and X intersects of the line with positive slope have opposite signs. Therefore if X intersect is negative, line intersects the quadrant II too, if positive quadrant IV.


Bunuel has a wonderful post on this. Check out the link => https://gmatclub.com/forum/math-coordinate-geometry-87652.html
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