SOLUTION: Wgich point on y-axis is equidistant from (2, 3)and (-4, 1)?

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Question 1037134: Wgich point on y-axis is equidistant from (2, 3)and (-4, 1)?
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Which point on y-axis is equidistant from (2, 3)and (-4, 1)?
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The points on Y-axis are (0,y).

Your equation is

2%5E2+%2B+%28y-3%29%5E2 = %28-4%29%5E2+%2B+%28y-1%29%5E2.

Simplify and solve this quadratic equation for "y".