The perpendicular distance of a point P from the X-axis is 4 units and from the Y-axis is 5 units (in the positive direction). What are the coordinates of point P?

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The perpendicular distance of the point from the Y-axis measured along the positive X-axis is called the abscissa of the point.

The perpendicular distance of the point from the X-axis measured along the positive Y-axis is ordinate of the point.

The point is P (5,4).

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The perpendicular distance of a point P from the X-axis is 4 units and from the Y-axis is 5 units (in the positive direction). What are the coordinates of point P?

The perpendicular distance of the point from the Y-axis measured along the positive X-axis is called the abscissa of the point. The perpendicular distance of the point from the X-axis measured along the positive Y-axis is ordinate of the point. The point is P (5,4).

The perpendicular distance of the point from the Y-axis measured along the positive X-axis is called the abscissa of the point.

The perpendicular distance of the point from the X-axis measured along the positive Y-axis is ordinate of the point.

The point is P (5,4).