2017 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 8
Problem
Points and are vertices of with . The altitude from meets the opposite side at . What are the coordinates of point ?
Solutions
Solution 1
Since , then is isosceles, so . Therefore, the coordinates of are .
Solution 2
Calculating the equation of the line running between points and , . The only coordinate of that is also on this line is .
Solution 3
Similar to the first solution, because the triangle is isosceles, then the line drawn in the middle separates the triangle into two smaller congruent triangles. To get from to the r, we go to the right and up . Then to get to point from point , we go to the right and up , getting us the coordinates . ~
See Also
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