SOLUTION: 1) Distance of a point (-4,5) from x-axis? 2) Distance of a point (-4,5) from y-axis? How to solve these?

Question 1074219: 1) Distance of a point (-4,5) from x-axis?
2) Distance of a point (-4,5) from y-axis?
How to solve these?

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1) Distance of a point (-4,5) from x-axis?
2) Distance of a point (-4,5) from y-axis?
How to solve these?
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Not much "solving" is needed.
For all points, for any point (x,y),
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The x value is the distance from the y-axis.
The y value is the distance from the x-axis.

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