Mathematics

A point lies on y-axis at a distance of 2 unit from x-axis. Its co-ordinates are :

  1. (2, 0) only

  2. (0, 2) only

  3. (2, 2)

  4. (0, 2) or (0, -2)

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Answer

If a point lies on the y‑axis, its x‑coordinate is 0.

If it’s at a distance of 2 units from the x‑axis, that means its y-coordinate is either +2 or −2 (since distance ignores sign).

Its co-ordinates are (0, 2) or (0, -2).

Hence, option 4 is the correct option.

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