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Find all points $(x,y)$ that are $5$ units away from the point $(2,7)$ and that lie on the line $y = 5x - 28.$

 Jul 8, 2024
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Let's note something important before we begin. 

All the points 5 units away from (2, 7) forms a circle with radius 5 and center of (2, 7). 

A circle with that equation would look something like

(x2)2+(y7)2=52

 

Combining that with the second part of the problem, we have a system with 

(x2)2+(y7)2=25y=5x28

 

Now, we already have a value for y, and we subsitute that into the first equation to isolate x. 

We find that

(x2)2+(5x35)2=25

 

Expanding and bringing all terms to one side of the equation, we get a quadratic. We find that

26x2354x+1204=0

This gives us 2 x values that will satisfy thsi equation. We get that

x=7,x=8613

 

Now, we plug these two values of x back into the equation to find y, so that we can complete our problem. 

We find that y=7,y=6613

 

So our final two abswers that satisfy all these conditions given above in the problem are

(7,7),(86/13,66/13)

 

Thanks! :)

 Jul 8, 2024

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