Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Appendices - Section A.3 - Lines, Circles, and Parabolas - Exercises A.3 - Page AP-18: 50

Answer

Three different parallelograms with the fourth vertex: $D=(-1,-2),\ D=(-1,4),\ D=(5,2)$ .

Work Step by Step

The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other (their intersection point is the midpoint of each diagonal). Name the points $A(-1,1),\ B(2,0),\ C(2,3)$ 1. If we take $\overline{AB} $ as a diagonal, its midpoint is equal to the midpoint of $\overline{CD}$ $(\displaystyle \frac{x_{A}+x_{B}}{2},\frac{y_{A}+y_{B}}{2})=(\frac{x_{C}+x_{D}}{2},\frac{y_{C}+y_{D}}{2})$ $(\displaystyle \frac{-1+2}{2},\frac{1+0}{2})=(\frac{2+x_{D}}{2},\frac{3+y_{D}}{2}) \Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{lll} 2+x_{D}=1 & \Rightarrow & x_{D}=-1\\ 3+y_{D}=1 & \Rightarrow & y_{D}=-2 \end{array}\right.$ $D=(-1,-2)$ $2$. If we take $\overline{AC} $as a diagonal, its midpoint is equal to the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ $(\displaystyle \frac{x_{A}+x_{C}}{2},\frac{y_{A}+y_{C}}{2})=(\frac{x_{B}+x_{D}}{2},\frac{y_{B}+y_{D}}{2})$ $(\displaystyle \frac{-1+2}{2},\frac{1+3}{2})=(\frac{2+x_{D}}{2},\frac{0+y_{D}}{2}) \Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{lll} 2+x_{D}=1 & \Rightarrow & x_{D}=-1\\ y_{D}=4 & \Rightarrow & y_{D}=4 \end{array}\right.$ $D=(-1,4)$ $3$. If we take $\overline{BC} $as a diagonal, its midpoint is equal to the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$ $(\displaystyle \frac{x_{B}+x_{C}}{2},\frac{y_{B}+y_{C}}{2})=(\frac{x_{A}+x_{D}}{2},\frac{y_{A}+y_{D}}{2})$ $(\displaystyle \frac{2+2}{2},\frac{0+3}{2})=(\frac{-1+x_{D}}{2},\frac{1+y_{D}}{2}) \Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{lll} -1+x_{D}=4 & \Rightarrow & x_{D}=5\\ 1+y_{D}=3 & \Rightarrow & y_{D}=2 \end{array}\right.$ $D=(5,2)$
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