The distance of a point from the x-axis is called that point.
Ordinate
Used Concept:
For any point in the Cartesian plane, its coordinates are (x, y) where the x-coordinate tells you the horizontal position (distance from the y-axis), and the y-coordinate tells you the vertical position (distance from the x-axis).
Explanation:
The x-coordinate is called the abscissa and the y-coordinate is called the ordinate.
Thus, the distance of a point from the x-axis is called the ordinate.
Important Questions from Distance between points
Determine the shortest distance between the lines l1 and l2 whose vector equations are
\(\vec{r}=2 \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}+\lambda(2 \hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}+\hat{k}) \quad \ldots(1)\)
\(\vec{r}=3 \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}-\hat{k}+\mu(3 \hat{\imath}-5 \hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k}) \quad \ldots(2)\)
Find the distance between the points P (2, -1, 3) and Q (-5, 2, 1)?
The sum of distances from origin to (0, 5, 5) and (5, 8, 6) is:
The vertices of a triangle are \(A(2, 0, 0)\), \(B(0, 6, 0)\) and \(C(0, 0, 4)\). If \(AD\), \(BE\) and \(CF\) are the medians of the triangle, then what is \(AD^2 + BE^2 + CF^2\) equal to?
The distance between the points (2, 3) and (4, 1) is.
