Which center of triangle?

Geometry Level 3

In the triangle above, what is point D \text{D} with respect to the right isosceles ABC \triangle{\text{ABC}} with BC \text{BC} as the hypotenuse?

Circumcenter Centroid Incenter Orthocenter

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1 solution

Ashish Menon
Jun 9, 2016

The point of intersection of all perpendicular bisectors of a triangle is the circumcenter \color{#3D99F6}{\boxed{\text{circumcenter}}} of the triangle.

It is not the incenter because it is the point of intersection of the angular bisectors. While A B C \angle{ABC} and A C B \angle{ACB} is greater than 0 0 , B D B = C D C = 0 \angle{BDB} = \angle{CDC} = 0 so, they are not the angular bisectors.

It is not the orthocenter because it is the point of intersection of altitudes, and B C A \angle{BCA} and A B C \angle{ABC} is not equal to 90 ° {90}^° , so it is not an altitude.

It is not a centroid because it is the point of interesction medians and C C and B B are not the midpoints of A C AC and A B AB respectively. So, the answer is circumcenter.

Note :- In an isosceles triangle, the altitude is also its median, since AD is the altitude, it is also the median and thus the perpendicular bisector.

Yeah, exactly. Nice solution ;)

Abhay Tiwari - 5 years ago

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Thanks :) :)

Ashish Menon - 5 years ago

Nice solution!.

Great question! +1

Pi Han Goh - 5 years ago

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