Question

For the point $(5,2)$, the distance from the $x-$axis is __________ units.

Answer 1

Coordinates of a Point:

For a given point $P\left(x,y\right)$, the $x$ coordinate represents the distance of the point from $y-$axis, and the $y$ coordinate represents the distance of the point from $x-$axis.

Here the given point is

$P=(5,2)$

$\therefore x=5,y=2$

Hence, the distance of this point from $x-$axis is $2$ units.