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The distance between the points (x,21) and (4,7) is 10sqrt(3) Find the sum of all possible values of x.

 Jan 23, 2022
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The first step is to consider some triangles.

Once we find x, we can see that there are two congruent triangles with hypotenuse length 103.

One of the legs of this triangle will be y1 - y2, which is 14.

Using the pythagorean theorem, we can find the distance between the two x coordinates. 

(103)2142

This simplifies to:

104

This simplifies to:

226

 

This means the x coordinate is 226 units away from the x coordinate of (4,7), and then we have these 2 possible values of x:

4+226 and 4226

 

Since the question is looking for the sum of the possible values of x, then we just add the two possible values together:

4+226+4226

This simplifies to 8.

 

Therefore, the sum of all possible values of x is 8.

 

 

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 Jan 23, 2022

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