SOLUTION: I need help figuring out a problem please. Point A is the origin, find the coordinates of the two points that are 5 units distant from A, and have an x-coordinate of +3. (The two

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Question 750230: I need help figuring out a problem please.
Point A is the origin, find the coordinates of the two points that are 5 units distant from A, and have an x-coordinate of +3. (The two lines should have coordinates of (3,y)). help please! thank you!

Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, rothauserc, KMST:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Point A is the origin, find the coordinates of the two points that are 5 units distant from A, and have an x-coordinate of +3. (The two lines should have coordinates of (3,y)). They're 2 points, not 2 lines.
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I did this one yesterday.

Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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we are given
Point A is the origin, find the coordinates of the two points that are 5 units distant from A, and have an x-coordinate of +3. (The two lines should have coordinates of (3,y))
this is a 3, 4, 5 right triangle
so the two points are
(3,4) and (3, -4)
the hypotenuse is 5 units which is the distance



Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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The 2 points have y=4 and y=-4.
They are on the line x=3.
Their coordinates are (3,-4) and (3,4).
Each one forms a right triangle with other vertices A(0,0) and (3,0)
The legs of those right triangles have lengths 3 and 4, and the hypotenuse has length 5=sqrt%283%5E2%2B4%5E2%29