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A point is on the x-axis. What are its y-coordinates and z-coordinates?

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The coordinates of any point on the x-axis will be (x, 0, 0). Thus y-coordinate and z-coordinate of the point are zero.

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Chapter 12: Introduction to Three Dimensional Geometry - Exercise 12.1 [Page 271]

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NCERT Mathematics [English] Class 11
Chapter 12 Introduction to Three Dimensional Geometry
Exercise 12.1 | Q 1 | Page 271

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