Question

A point lies on the X-axis at a distance of 7 units from the Y-axis. What are its coordinates? What
will be the coordinates if it lies on Y-axis at a distance of -7 units from X-axis?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is (7,0) and (0,-7) respectively.

Step-by-step explanation:

First of all, if any point lies on x axis, its ordinate will be 0 and if the point lies on y axis, its abscissa will be 0. In the first part of the question, the point lies on x axis, therefore, its ordinate is 0 and since its perpendicular distance from the y axis is 7 units, its coordinates is (7,0).

In the second part of the question, the point lies on y axis, therefore, its abscissa is 0 and since its perpendicular distance from the x axis is -7 units, its coordinates is (0,-7).

( Note that in any coordinates (x,y) of a point, x is called abscissa and y is called ordinate).