Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Preparing to Do Analytic Proofs - Exercises - Page 474: 21a

Answer

$A: 0,0 \\ B: a,b \\ C: 2a,0$

Work Step by Step

An ideally placed triangle, which we will call triangle ABC, should have point A placed at the origin and side AC be on the x-axis. Calling the length of AC "2a" and the height "b," we obtain: $A: 0,0 \\ B: a,b \\ C: 2a,0$
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