document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=826151>Question 826151</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the perpendicular distance formula to determine how many times the line, 3x-5y+16=0 intersects the circle x^2+y^2=5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #497933 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=497933\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I tried a bit of substitution, obtained a quadratic equation, for x as the single variable, and found an imaginary number result.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Very briefly,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B%28%283%2F5%29x%2B%2816%2F5%29%29%5E2=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B%28%283%2F5%29x%2B%2816%2F5%29%29%5E2=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > gave simplified <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=34x%5E2%2B96x%2B131=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"34x%5E2%2B96x%2B131=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; and discriminant is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=96%5E2-4%2A34%2A131=-8600%3C0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"96%5E2-4%2A34%2A131=-8600%3C0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Best guess without trying to draw any graphs, no point of intersection. </SPAN>\n" );
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