Question

What do you mean by Abscissa and Ordinate? Find the Abscissa and Ordinate of (1,2) and (2,1).

Answer 1

The x-coordinate of a point is called Abscissa. It is the perpendicular distance measured from the y-axis along the x-axis.

The y-coordinate of a point is called Ordinate. It is the perpendicular distance measured from the x-axis along the y-axis.

For the point (1,2), its abscissa is 1 and its ordinate is 2

For the point (2,1), its abscissa is 2 and its ordinate is 1.