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Question
Name the octants in which the following points lie:
(–5, 4, 3)
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Solution
The x-coordinate, the y-coordinate and the z-coordinate of the point (−5, 4, 3) are negative, positive and positive, respectively.
Therefore, this point lies in X'OYZ octant.
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