Question

Tick (✓) the correct answer:
The obscissa of a point is its distance from the
(a) origin
(b) x-axis
(c) y-axis
(d) none of these

Answer 1

$$\begin{gathered} \left(c\right)y-\mathrm{axis} \\ \mathrm{The}\mathrm{abscissa}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{point}\mathrm{is}\mathrm{its}\mathrm{distance}\mathrm{from}\mathrm{the}y-\mathrm{axis}. \end{gathered}$$