SOLUTION: find x such that the line segment determined by x,-2 and -2,-14 is 13 units long

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Question 1113035: find x such that the line segment determined by x,-2 and -2,-14 is 13 units long
Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance between points and is

You want to find the values for that make that distance ,
so you want to solve
or or .





The solution is
or .
There are two solutions because point
is less than 13 units away from the line :


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