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1) Point A is at (2, 2). Point B is at (-4,2).

Point B is on AC. The distance from B to C is
5.
What are the coordinates of C?
How long is AC?

User Bodacydo
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1) Point A is at (2, 2). Point B is at (-4,2). Point B is on AC. The distance from-example-1
User Lancy
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Answer:

Length of AC = 11 units

The coordinates of C = (-9, 2)

Explanation:

Given:

  • Point A is at (2, 2) and Point B is at (-4, 2).
  • Point B is on the line segment AC .
  • Distance from B to C is 5.

To find:

  • Coordinates of Point C
  • The length of AC.

Solution:

Since the x coordinate is different in point A and B which becomes negative but y coordinate is constant.

so, we can say that:

Point C lies in second quadrant.

Therefore, x coordinate of C is -5 units far from x coordinate of B.

So,

Coordinate of C is (-4-5,2)=(-9,2)

Now,

let's find the length of AC.

We can use the distance formula to calculate the distance between points A and C:

The distance formula is a formula used to find the distance between two points in a coordinate plane. It is given by the following formula:


\sf d = √((x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2)

where:

  • d is the distance between the two points
  • x1 and y1 are the coordinates of the first point (2,2)
  • x2 and y2 are the coordinates of the second point(-9,2)

Substituting the coordinates of A and C:


\begin{aligned} \textsf{Distance AC } &\sf =√((-9- 2)^2 + (2 - 2)^2)\\\\&\sf =√((-11)^2 + 0^2) \\\\&\sf =√(121)\\\\&\sf = 11 \textsf{ units}\end{aligned}

So, the length of AC is 11 units, and the coordinates of C is (-9, 2).

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