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If the distance between the points (3, 0) and (0, y) is 5 units and y is positive. then what is the value of y?

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Solution

It is given that distance between P (3, 0) and is 5.

In general, the distance between A and B is given by,

So,

On further simplification,

We will neglect the negative value. So,

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