Question

What is the distance of point (3,-6) from x-axis

Answer 1

Answer:
The distance
From x axis it is the y coordinate -6
From y axis it is the x coordinate 3

Answer 2

The distance of the point (3, -6) from the x-axis is 6 units.

Given,

The point (3, -6).

To Find,

The distance of the point (3, -6) from the x-axis.

Solution,

The point (3, -6) lies in the fourth quadrant of the cartesian plane.

It means this point is located after traversing the x-axis by 3 units rightward and the y-axis by 6 units downward.

⇒ distance from the x-axis = 6 units downward

⇒ distance from the y-axis = 3 units upward

Hence, the distance of the point (3, -6) from the x-axis is 6 units.

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