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Question 732254: a seismograph located 10 miles due north of a recording station detects a n earthquake with epicenter 15 miles away.
Write an equation that could be used to describe possible locations of the epicenter.

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a seismograph located 10 miles due north of a recording station detects a n earthquake with epicenter 15 miles away.
Write an equation that could be used to describe possible locations of the epicenter.
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Using the location of the seismograph as the origin (0,0,0),
the earthquake's location is on a sphere x%5E2+%2B+y%5E2+%2B+z%5E2+=+15%5E2,
where z is the depth and is negative.