SOLUTION: Find the coordinates of the points that are 3.5 units from (2,-5) and that are on the line x=3

SOLUTION: Find the coordinates of the points that are 3.5 units from (2,-5) and that are on the line x=3

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Question 982781: Find the coordinates of the points that are 3.5 units from (2,-5) and that are on the line x=3

Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The line is a variable point (3,y).

Use the distance formula for the two points (3,y) and (2,-5).

-----NOT necessary to multiply the squared binomial

-------The two possible y-coordinates; you could put into simplest radical form if needed
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