SOLUTION: explain in detail please: find all points having an x coordinate of 2 whose distance from the point (-2,-1) is 5.

SOLUTION: explain in detail please: find all points having an x coordinate of 2 whose distance from the point (-2,-1) is 5.

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Question 990626: explain in detail please: find all points having an x coordinate of 2 whose distance from the point (-2,-1) is 5.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(2,y) to be 5 units from (-2,-1).

THIS is the use of the Distance Formula:

These are the possible sequence of arithmetic steps to solve the equation for y.

y=-4 or y=2
ANSWER DONE.
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