In triangle the midpoints of sides and are and respectively. Find the coordinates of the three vertices and
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Let the coordinates of point A be ( x 1 , y 1 ) , B be ( x 2 , y 2 ) and C be ( x 3 , y 3 ) . Given the midpoint of BC is ( 1 , 0 ) , that of CA is ( 3 , 5 ) and that of AB is ( − 2 , 4 ) . Then we obtain three equations in x 1 , x 2 and x 3 :
2 x 1 + x 2 = − 2
2 x 2 + x 3 = 1 2 x 3 + x 1 = 3
Adding all the above equations together, we get x 1 + x 2 + x 3 = 2 Which gives us x 1 = 0 , x 2 = − 4 and x 3 = 6
Similarly, we can solve for the y-coordinates:
2 y 1 + y 2 = 4 2 y 2 + y 3 = 0 2 y 3 + y 1 = 5
Adding all the equations, we have y 1 = 9 , y 2 = − 1 and y 3 = 1
Hence we have the coordinates A ( 0 , 9 ) , B ( − 4 , − 1 ) and C ( 6 , 1 ) of the vertices of the Δ A B C