Question

Find distances of the points C (-3, 6) and D (7, 4) from the x - axis and y - axis.

Answer 1

We knowt that,
The distance of any point from the x-axis is the perpendicular dropped from that point to the x-axis.

Similarly,
The distance of any point from the y-axis is the perpendicular dropped from that point to the y-axis.

Therefore, for point D (7, 4)
distance from x-axis is 7 units and
distance from y-axis is 4 units.

And, for point C (-3, 6)
distance from x-axis is 3 units and
distance from y-axis is 6 units.