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Find the distances of the point P (-4, 3, 5) from the coordinate axes.

Given: Point P(-4, 3, 5)


To find: distances of the point P from coordinate axes


The distance of the point from x-axis will be given by,






The distance of the point from y-axis will be given by,






The distance of the point from z-axis will be given by,






= 5


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