The distance from the x-axis to point P is half the distance from the y-axis to point P. If the coordinates of P are (x,-6), how many units is P from the y-axis?
Pick one.
A) 3  B) 6  C) 9  D) 10.5  E) 12
The x-axis is 6 units from the point P.   Thus the y-axis is 12 units from the point P.   The answer is 12.
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The distance from the x-axis to point P is half the distance from the y-axis to point P. If the coordinates of P are (x,-6), how many units is P from the y-axis?