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Cartesian Plane and Coordinate Axes

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A POINT LIES ON x AXIS AT A DISTANCE OF 5 UNITS FROM Y AXIS. WHAT ARE ITS CO-ORDINATES? WHAT WILL BE ITS CO-ORDINATE IF IT LIES ON Y AXIS AT A DISTANCE OF -5 UNITS FROM X AXIS?

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Solution

The y-coordinate of a point on x-axis is 0 and the x-coordinate of a point on y-axis is 0.
So, The coordinates of point which lies on x-axis at a distance of 5 units from y-axis is (5,0) and
The coordinates of point which lies on y-axis at a distance of 5 units from x-axis is (0,5)

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