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Find the points on the X-axis which are at a distance of 2?5 from the point(7,4). How many such points are there?

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Let A7,4 be the given point.Let Px,y be the required points that lies at a distance of 25 units from A.Since, P lies on x-axis, then its ordinate will be 0.So, Px, 0 are the coordinates of the required points.Now, PA = 25x-72 + 0-42 = 25x2 + 49 - 14x + 16 = 20x2 - 14x + 45 = 0x2 - 9x - 5x + 45 = 0xx - 9 - 5x - 9 = 0x - 5x - 9 = 0x = 5; x = 9So, coordinates of the required point is P5,0 or P9,0So, there are 2 such points.

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