find the circumcenter of the triangle whose vertices are given below (1,3), (0,-2) and (-3,1)
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Answer:
Question 1: If three coordinates of a triangle are (3,2), (1,4), (5,4). Calculate the circumcenter of this triangle ?
Solution:
Given points are,
A = (3, 2), B = (1, 4), C = (5, 4)
To find out the circumcenter we have to solve any two bisector equations and find out the intersection points.
So, mid point of AB = (3+12,2+42) = (2,3)
Slope of AB = (4−21−3) = -1
Slope of the bisector is the negative reciprocal of the given slope.
So, the slope of the perpendicular bisector = 1
Equation of AB with slope 1 and the coordinates (2,3) is,
(y – 3) = 1(x – 2)
x – y = -1………………(1)
Similarly, for AC
Mid point of AC = (3+52,2+42) = (4,3)
Slope of AC = (4−25−3) = 1
Slope of the bisector is the negative reciprocal of the given slope.
So, the slope of the perpendicular bisector = -1
Equation of AC with slope -1 and the coordinates (4,3) is,
(y – 3) = -1(x – 4)
y – 3 = -x + 4
x + y = 7………………(2)
By solving equation (1) and (2),
(1) + (2) ⇒ 2x = 6; x = 3
Substitute the value of x in to (1)
3 – y = -1
y = 3 + 1 = 4
So the circumcenter is (3, 4), now you can solve your question by this methode ..............
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