Question

Find the perpendicular distance of point p(-3,7) from x axis

Answer 1

since it's from X axis the distance will be 7units, that is the ordinate of (-3,7)

Answer 2

Given : The coordinates of the given point p are (-3,7)

To find : The perpendicular distance of the point from x axis.

Solution :

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process. (our goal is to calculate the perpendicular distance of the point from x axis)

In two dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, the coordinates of a point have two elements :

1. Abscissa
2. Ordinate

Now, the ordinate of a point is the perpendicular distance (in units) of a point from x axis.

In case of the given point p :

• Ordinate = 7
• Perpendicular distance from x axis = 7 units

Hence, the perpendicular distance of point p(-3,7) from x axis is 7 units.