document.write( "Question 1144186: Suppose that the point (x, y) is in quadrant 3, decide whether the given ratio y/x is positive or negative.
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document.write( "There are four ways to go in a grid, right, left, up, and down.  Right and up\r\n" );
document.write( "are considered positive, left and down are considered negative.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We start at the origin (0,0).\r\n" );
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document.write( "If from the origin we go right and then up, say, +2 right and then +3 up, to the\r\n" );
document.write( "point (2,3), we are in Quadrant 1. the ratio of 2 to 3 is the positive fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "+2/3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If from the origin we go left and then up, say, -2 left and then 3 up, to the\r\n" );
document.write( "point (-2,3) we are in Quadrant 2. the ratio of -2 to 3 is the negative fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "-2/3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If from the origin we go left and then down, say, -2 left and then -3 down, to\r\n" );
document.write( "the point (-2,-3), we are in Quadrant 3. the ratio of -2 to -3 is the positive\r\n" );
document.write( "fraction +2/3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If from the origin we go right and then down, say, +2 right and then -3 down, to\r\n" );
document.write( "the point (+2,-3), we are in Quadrant 4. the ratio of +2 to -3 is the negative\r\n" );
document.write( "fraction +2/3.\r\n" );
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