Question

find the perpendicular distance of the point P ( 7, 2) from the y axis​

Answer 1

Answer:

The shortest distance from the point to the y-axis (a line) is a straight line which would be perpendicular to the line in question (the y-axis). It is almost a trick question as the coordinate (7,-2) gives you the answer. You moved 7 units to the right of the y-axis so that is your answer …. 7. If the question asked the distance from that point to the origin, you’d have to draw the line from (7,-2) to (0,0) and use Pythagoras’ Theorem to calculate the distance.