SOLUTION: Find two points on the y-axis that are a distance of 5 units from (4,2).

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Question 372253: Find two points on the y-axis that are a distance of 5 units from (4,2).
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We know the two points are of the form and

Using the distance formula:



Where one of the points is , the other point is , and the distance is 5, we can write:







Hence



and



Making the two points and

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