document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=618467>Question 618467</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 is not a point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ordinate is the distance from the x-axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If a point is on the x-axis, its distance from it = 0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The abscissa is the distance from the y-axis.  If the point is \"somewhere on the x-axis\" then the abscissa is not known.<BR>\n" );
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