document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1031166>Question 1031166</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line passes through point (2,2). Find the equation of the line if the length of the line segment intercepted by the coordinate's axes is the square root of 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm having a trouble in solving this problem. The answer should be 2x-y-2=0. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #645906 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</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=645906\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One can start with coordinate geometry with the hypotenuse segment in quadrant 1, and find the triangle figure to be composed of a 2 by 2 square unit SQUARE figure and two right triangle.  These three parts form the main larger triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The upper left triangle will have leg lengths 2 and y, and hypotenuse assigned h_sub_1;  the triangle on the right will have leg lengths x and 2, and hypotenuse assigned h_sub_2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A list of equations can be found from the figure - you need to draw it or see it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28h%5B1%5D%2Bh%5B2%5D=sqrt%285%29%2C%282%2By%29%5E2%2B%282%2Bx%29%5E2=%28sqrt%285%29%29%5E2%2Cy%5E2%2B2%5E2=h%5B1%5D%2Ah%5B1%5D%2C2%5E2%2Bx%5E2=h%5B2%5D%2Ah%5B2%5D%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two formulas will come from that list, being radical forms for h_sub_1 and h_sub_2, leading to this simpler system of equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28sqrt%28y%5E2%2B4%29%2Bsqrt%28x%5E2%2B4%29=sqrt%285%29%2C%28y%2B2%29%5E2%2B%28x%2B2%29%5E2=5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >--------This should be the system to work with to solve for x and y; but you must understand that these x and y are to be  values to ADD to the 2 and the other 2 for the drawing if imagined NOT on a cartesian grid system.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have not solved further than this last listed system.  Yet, two equations in two unknowns. </SPAN>\n" );
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