Question

An equation is written to represent the relationship between the temperature in Alaska during a snow storm, y, as it relates to the time in hours, x, since the storm started. A graph of the equation is created. Which quadrants of a coordinate grid should be used to display this data

Answer 1

Answer:

The first and fourth quadrants

Explanation:

We are given that the time in hours is given on the x-axis and that the temperature is represented on the y-axis

Since we know that the time cannot be negative, therefore, the x-coordinate cannot be negative.

This means that for the x-axis, we can use the first and fourth quadrants

Since the temperature can be negative, therefore, the y-coordinate can either be positive or negative.

This means that for the y-axis, we can use the four quadrants

Combining the above two conditions, we can deduce that we can use only the first and fourth quadrants to represent the required data

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Thank you for posting your question here. The first and fourth quadrants will be used. Since x is time you only need positive x values. Since y is temperature you'll need both positive and negative numbers on the y-axis. I hope it helps.