SOLUTION: what is the distance from x-axis to (7,-2)?from the y-axis?with a solution.

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Question 42833: what is the distance from x-axis to (7,-2)?from the y-axis?with a solution.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Any point, call it (x,y), is (distance from y-axis, distance from x-axis)
(7,-2) is 2 units from x-axis in negative direction and 7 units from y-axis
in the positive direction