Question

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. A circle centered at (0, 0) has a radius of 10. Point S on the circle has an x-coordinate of 6. What is the y-coordinate of point S? Explain your reasoning

Answer 1

See explanation below

Explanation:

S has x-coordinate of 6 => the distance from origin to x-coordinate is 6 units, which is one leg of the right triangle

Pythagorean theorem states that the sum of the squares on the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square on the hypotenuse.

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

with c = 10, a = 6

10^2 = 6^2 + b^2

b^2 = 100 - 36 = 64

b = √64 = 8

Point S can have 2 y-coordinates, one (+) and one (-) depending on the location of point S, so S can be either (6,8) or (6,-8)