SOLUTION: Give the coordinates of a point on a coordinate grid that is a distance of the square root of 5 from point 1,3. Is there a formula to find the answer and how do you work out this p

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Question 8083: Give the coordinates of a point on a coordinate grid that is a distance of the square root of 5 from point 1,3. Is there a formula to find the answer and how do you work out this problem?
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Answer by ichudov(507)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, it is the pythagorean formula.
You are trying to find point (x, 0) where the y coordinate is zero, since it is on the X axis.
Points (1, 3), (1, 0), and (x, 0) form a right triangle. One side of it has length one. Another has length x-1. Sum of their squares should be 5:

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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=3,x=-1.
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Replace constants in factor: highlight_red%28+1+%29,highlight_red%28+2+%29 with highlight_green%28+1+%29
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Reduce similar several occurrences of highlight_red%28+%28x-1%29+%29 to highlight_green%28+%28x-1%29%5E2+%29
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Moved 1 to the right of expression
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Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-5+%29
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Added fractions or integers together
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Equation highlight_red%28+%28x-1%29%5E2-4=0+%29 is a quadratic equation: x^2-2*x-3 =0, and has solutions 3,-1
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: x=3,x=-1.

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