SOLUTION: A point is located somewhere on the x-axis. What is the ordinate of the point -4... But the part I don't understand is this, "Can you determine the abscissa of the point from above
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Question 618467: A point is located somewhere on the x-axis. What is the ordinate of the point -4... But the part I don't understand is this, "Can you determine the abscissa of the point from above! Why or why not?
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A point is located somewhere on the x-axis. What is the ordinate of the point -4... But the part I don't understand is this, "Can you determine the abscissa of the point from above! Why or why not?
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-4 is not a point.
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The ordinate is the distance from the x-axis
If a point is on the x-axis, its distance from it = 0.
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The abscissa is the distance from the y-axis. If the point is "somewhere on the x-axis" then the abscissa is not known.
