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Distance of a Point from Coordinate Axes

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Write the length of the perpendicular drawn from the point P(3, 5, 12) on x-axis.

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Solution

The distance of the point P(3, 5, 12) from x-axis is given by \(\sqrt{5^{2}+12^{2}=\sqrt{169}\)=13

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