document.write( "Question 86727: The abscissa of a point is -6 and its distance from the point (1,3)is square root 74. Find the 2 values of the distance of the point.
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The abscissa of a point is -6 and its distance from the point (1,3)is square root 74. Find the 2 values of the distance of the point.
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\n" ); document.write( "If the abscissa is -6 the point is (-6,y); find y.
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\n" ); document.write( "If distance to (1,3) = sqrt74,
\n" ); document.write( "sqrt[(-6-1)^2+(y-3)^2]=sqrt74
\n" ); document.write( "7^2+(y-3)^2=74
\n" ); document.write( "(y-3)^2=74-49
\n" ); document.write( "(y-3)^2=25
\n" ); document.write( "y-3=5 or y-3=-5
\n" ); document.write( "y=8 or y=-2
\n" ); document.write( "Two points, (-6,8) and (-6,-2), are at a distance of sqrt(74) from (1,3)
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