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

From figure above, it can be seen that these points lie on the x-axis. Hence, the statement is true.
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