Q.

A national park is an area set aside by the government to preserve and protect the natural environment.

 

The graph below shows a map of a National Park. The shaded areas indicate woods. The plain areas indicate meadows and fields without trees. Point O on the graph represents the location of the park’s supervisor’s office, and points P and Q are the ranger’s towers.

 

(ii) Find the distance of the point S(5, 25) from the x-axis.

1 30 units  
2 25 units  
3 20 units  
4 22 units  

Ans.

(2)

 

The distance of point S(5, 25) from x-axis is simply its y-coordinate (absolute value): = 25 units