document.write( "Question 179972: Find the coordinates of a point(x,y) on the line y=x+4 which is the root of 106 units away from (0,0) \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Leaving you with a factorable quadratic that you should be able to solve easily. Note that you will ultimately have two answers to the original problem.\r
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