Given p(2,-3),Q(10,y) and PQ=10.
Distance formula=√((x2 - x1)2 + (y2 - y1)2)
√((-)2 + (y+3)2) = 10
√(y2 + 6y + ) = 10
Squaring on both sides we get
y2+6y+=100
y2+6y-=0
y2+9y-y-=0
y(y+9)-(y+9)=0
(y+9)(y-)=0
y+9=0 or y-=0
y= -9 or