PLEASE HELP I WILL GIVE A LOT OF POINTS! Find the orthocenter: Given A(-4,2), B(4,5), and C (3,-1). Round the answers to the nearest hundredth.

9514 1404 393

  (2.27, 0.96)

Step-by-step explanation:

The orthocenter is the point of intersection of altitudes of the triangle. The equation for an altitude is the equation of a line through a vertex that is perpendicular to the opposite side.

For example, the line perpendicular to side AC can be found as ...

  (∆x, ∆y) = C-A = (3, -1) -(-4, 2) = (7, -3)

  ∆x(x -h) +∆y(y -k) = 0 . . . . perpendicular through point (h, k)

For side AC, we want the point to be B(4, 5), so the equation is ...

  7(x -4) -3(y -5) = 0

  7x -3y -13 = 0

Similarly, the altitude to side AB can be written as ...

  (∆x, ∆y) = B -A = (4, 5) -(-4, 2) = (8, 3)

  8(x -3) +3(y +1) = 0

  8x +3y -21 = 0

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By the "cross multiplication method", the solution to these equations is ...

  x = (-3(-21) -(3(-13))/(7(3) -8(-3)) = (63+39)/(21+24) = 102/45 = 2 4/15 ≈ 2.27

  y = (-13(8) -(-21)(7))/45 = 43/45 ≈ 0.96

The orthocenter is near (2.27, 0.96).

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A graphing application confirms this result.

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Additional information about the cross multiplication method

For the general form equations ...

The "cross multiplication method" has you write the array ...

and form the "cross products" in groups of four coefficients:

  D = ae -db, X = bg -ec, Y = cd -ga

Then the solution to the set of equations is ...

  1/D = x/X = y/Y   ⇒   x = X/D, y = Y/D

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Additional note

Videos of this method show you writing the array as bcab/egde and using the final equation x/X=y/Y=1/D. The above gets the same result in a more straightforward manner.

v = 1/3 a^2h

step-by-step explanation:

the volume is 1/3 a^2h.