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Finding a Missing Coordinate using the Distance Formula

Author: Graham Pardun

How to Figure Out An Unknown Coordinate Using the Distance Formula

If you know where one point is -- let's say (4,8) -- and you know one only coordinate of another point -- (-50, ?) -- and you know the distance between the points -- 200 -- here's how to use the distance formula to figure out that missing coordinate!