Question

find the coordinates of the point on yaxis which is nearest to the point (-2,5)

Answer 1

The perpendicular distance is the shortest distance.

Answer 2

First you will need to know that a co-ordinate of y-axis is in the form (0,y)
Now it should be nearest and the y co-ordinate of (-2,5) is 5
Therefore the point will be (0,5)

And also as Jessica told the perpendicular dist. from it to y will be at the point (0,5)

Hope it helps!!