<p>Its more on the AP calc level but I asked there and no one answered. I kind of need an urgent answer and I know this board has many people so here is my question. </p>
<p>First question is this
A circle is tangent to the y-axis to the line y = 3. If (1,0) is an intercept of this circle find the other x intercept and find the equation for the circle. </p>
<p>I am having so much trouble with this one. </p>
<p>now for the next one... i think i have the right idea
A point P with coordinates (x,y) is being traced on a curve. If the distance between Point A coordiantes (-1, 1) is 3 times the distance from point B (2, -1) to Point P what is the distance from point A to point B? </p>
<p>I think I have the right idea. I set the two distances to be equal and tried to get an equation for an ellipse. However this ellipse looks VERY ugly in that there are all fractions. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your help</p>