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Question
Decide which of the following statement is true and which is false. Give reasons for your answer.
A point whose x-coordinate is zero, will lie on the y-axis.
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Solution
The examples of points having x-coordinate as zero are (0,3), (0,6), (0,9). This can be represented in the following manner:
From the figure, it can be seen that these points lie on the y-axis. Hence, the statement is true.
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