The points A(1,5) and B(9,3) are part of a triangle ΔABC. The triangle has a right angle at A and and sides satisfy AB=2AC. Find a point C such that C lies above the line AB.
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the slope of AB is -1/4
So, the slope of AC is 4
AB has length √68 = 2√17
So, AC has length √17 = √(1^2+4^2)
That means that C = A+(1,4) = (2,9)
To find the point C, we need to use the given information:
1. Triangle ΔABC has a right angle at A.
2. AB = 2AC.
Let's break down the steps to find point C:
Step 1: Find the slope of line AB.
To find the slope of line AB, we can use the formula:
slope = (change in y)/(change in x)
Let's label the coordinates as (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) for points A and B, respectively.
For A(1,5) and B(9,3):
slope_AB = (3 - 5)/(9 - 1) = -2/8 = -1/4.
Step 2: Find the equation of line AB.
We can use the point-slope form of the equation of a line using the slope from step 1 and the coordinates of one of the given points (let's use point A).
Point-slope form: y - y1 = slope(x - x1)
Using A(1,5):
y - 5 = (-1/4)(x - 1)
y - 5 = (-1/4)x + 1/4
y = (-1/4)x + 21/4.
So, the equation of line AB is y = (-1/4)x + 21/4.
Step 3: Find the coordinates of point C.
Since the triangle has a right angle at A, we can use the given information that AB = 2AC.
We know the distance between A and B (AB) from the coordinates:
AB = sqrt((x2 - x1)^2 + (y2 - y1)^2)
= sqrt((9 - 1)^2 + (3 - 5)^2)
= sqrt(8^2 + (-2)^2)
= sqrt(64 + 4)
= sqrt(68)
= 2*sqrt(17).
We also know that AB = 2AC:
2*sqrt(17) = 2AC.
Dividing by 2 on both sides gives:
sqrt(17) = AC.
So, the length of AC is equal to the square root of 17.
Now, we have two pieces of information: the slope of line AB and the length of AC. This information allows us to find point C.
Step 4: Find the coordinates of point C.
To find the coordinates of point C, we need to find a point that lies on the line AB and is a distance of sqrt(17) away from point A.
Let's denote the coordinates of point C as (x, y). Since C lies on line AB (as it is part of triangle ABC), we can substitute the equation of line AB into the coordinates:
y = (-1/4)x + 21/4.
Now, we need to find a point that is a distance of sqrt(17) away from point A(1, 5). We can use the distance formula:
sqrt((x - 1)^2 + (y - 5)^2) = sqrt(17).
Squaring both sides to eliminate the square root gives:
(x - 1)^2 + (y - 5)^2 = 17.
Expanding:
x^2 - 2x + 1 + y^2 - 10y + 25 = 17.
Rearranging terms:
x^2 + y^2 - 2x - 10y + 9 = 0.
Now, we have a system of equations. We can substitute the value of y from the equation of line AB into the equation above:
x^2 + (-1/4)x + 21/4 - 10(-1/4)x + 10(21/4) + 9 = 0.
Simplifying gives:
x^2 - (1/4)x + 21/4 + (5/2)x + 105/2 + 9 = 0.
x^2 + (9/4)x + 21/4 + (5/2)x + 105/2 + 9 = 0.
x^2 + (9/4)x + (5/2)x + (169/4) = 0.
Multiplying by 4 to eliminate fractions:
4x^2 + 9x + 10x + 169 = 0.
4x^2 + 19x + 169 = 0.
Solving this quadratic equation for x will give us the x-coordinate of point C. We can use the quadratic formula:
x = (-b ± sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a).
Using a = 4, b = 19, and c = 169, we can substitute these values into the quadratic formula:
x = (-19 ± sqrt(19^2 - 4*4*169))/(2*4).
x = (-19 ± sqrt(361 - 2704))/(8).
x = (-19 ± sqrt(-2343))/(8).
Since we are looking for a point C that lies on line AB and above it, we want to choose the positive value for x:
x = (-19 + sqrt(-2343))/(8).
Calculating the square root of a negative number gives a complex number. However, since C needs to lie above the line AB, we only consider the real part of this complex number.
Therefore, the x-coordinate of point C is:
x = (-19)/8.
Now, let's substitute this value of x back into the equation of line AB to find the corresponding y-coordinate:
y = (-1/4)(-19)/8 + 21/4.
y = (19/32) + 21/4.
y = (19/32) + (168/32).
y = (19 + 168)/32.
y = 187/32.
So, the coordinates of point C are approximately (x, y) = (-19/8, 187/32).