Distance of the point (α, β, γ) from y-axis is
If we draw a perpendicular from (α, β, γ) to y-axis, the foot of the perpendicular will have the coordinates (0, β, 0)
Also, by distance formula, we have distance between two points
A(x1, y1, z1) and B(x2, y2, z2) is
⇒ Required distance