Precalculus Examples

$(\frac{- 1}{2}, 2)$

Step 1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$(- \frac{1}{2}, 2)$

Step 2

The point is located in the second quadrant because $x$ is negative and $y$ is positive. The quadrants are labeled in counter-clockwise order, starting in the upper-right.

Quadrant $2$

Step 3