Write whether the following statements are True or False? Justify your answer. The coordinates of a point whose ordinate is -1/2 and abscissa is 1 are -1/2 , 1.
Answer: False
Solution.
The abscissa is the x-axis (horizontal) coordinate
The ordinate is the y-axis (vertical) coordinate
Here ordinate is -1/2 and abscissa is 1.
So the coordinates are (1, -1/2) and not (-1/2, 1) .
Therefore the given statement is False.