Question

What is the distance of point $(3,2)$ from $x$-axis?

Answer 1

Point $(a,b)$ lies at distance of $b$ from $X$- axis and $a$ from $Y$-axis. Given point is $(3,2)$. It can be seen in the figure.
Distance from $X$-axis $=Y$-cordinate $=2units$
In case of negative values of $Y$-coordinates, only absolute values should be taken.