SOLUTION: Find the coordinates of the points that are 29 units away from the origin and have an x-coordinate equal to 20.

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Question 1190902: Find the coordinates of the points that are 29 units away from the origin and have an x-coordinate equal to 20.
Answer by ikleyn(52799) About Me  (Show Source):
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It is about finding the leg of a right-angled triangle, when its hypotenuse and the other leg are given.


x-coordinate is 20 units.


For y-coordinate, there are two possibility


    y = +/- sqrt%2829%5E2+-+20%5E2%29 = +/- 21.      ANSWER

Solved.