SOLUTION: What is the shortest distance between the circles defined by x^2-10x +y^2-4y-7=0 and x^2+14x +y^2+6y+49=0?

SOLUTION: What is the shortest distance between the circles defined by x^2-10x +y^2-4y-7=0 and x^2+14x +y^2+6y+49=0?

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Question 1029907: What is the shortest distance between the circles defined by x^2-10x +y^2-4y-7=0 and x^2+14x +y^2+6y+49=0?

Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
These two circles intersect at two points that are contained in the line 12x + 5y + 28 = 0 (the radical axis). Therefore the shortest distance between these circles is 0.
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